Sentence to follow guilty verdict in Dean case
A Belgian jury found Dave De K. guilty of kidnapping and murder; on Monday, the court will consider the sentence.
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On Monday, the Ghent Court of Assizes will consider the sentence in the case surrounding the death of the young child Dean. The jury previously found Dave De K. guilty of kidnapping and murder.
The case concerns the kidnapping and death of Dean, who was found in Zeeland in 2022. The Belgian jury returned a guilty verdict on Friday, the Flemish public broadcaster reports.
The separate consideration of the sentence will take place on Monday. The question of guilt has already been settled by the jury’s verdict.
Dave De K. has been found guilty of kidnapping and murder. The court still has to determine what sentence will be imposed. The outcome of that hearing was not yet known at the time of writing.
The case attracted considerable attention in the Netherlands and Belgium because the victim was found in the Netherlands and the suspect is standing trial in Belgium. The precise legal classifications and sentence fall under Belgian law.
This article describes only the latest step in the proceedings. The earlier finding of guilt should not be equated with a sentence already handed down; that will follow only after Monday’s hearing.
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The text uses only procedural facts and avoids details about the victim and the incident. The suspect is identified only briefly, and the as-yet unknown sentence is not filled in.
Editor's note
The finding of guilt and the consideration of the sentence were reported by public Belgian sources. The final sentence was still unknown at the time of publication.Sources
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