Sixteen years in prison for shooting at Zwolle football club
The court sentences a 24-year-old man from Zwolle for multiple attempted murders and illegal firearms possession.
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The Overijssel District Court has sentenced a 24-year-old man from Zwolle to sixteen years in prison for a shooting at a football clubhouse. The court holds him responsible for multiple attempted murders and illegal firearms possession.
In September 2024, the man shot at someone with whom he had a dispute at a Zwolle football club. The victim was injured. The man also fired in the direction of the clubhouse, where other people were present at the time.
According to the court, there was premeditation. After a conversation on the premises, the man had time to go home, collect weapons and return to the football club. The court therefore rejected the argument that he had acted in response to a sudden emergency.
The court found it proven that the man not only wanted to kill the intended victim, but also consciously accepted the risk that people in the clubhouse might be fatally hit. Legally, that is sufficient for a conviction for attempted murder of those people, even though the court could not establish that they were individual targets.
In addition to the automatic firearm used, the man had two pistols and ammunition at his disposal, according to the court. The judge took into account that he had taken the law into his own hands in a dispute that, according to the judgment, took place in criminal circles.
The court stresses that the absence of fatalities was not thanks to the convicted man. According to the judgment, a shooting at a public location also causes social unrest and feelings of insecurity.
The Public Prosecution Service had previously demanded a prison sentence of twenty years. The court ultimately imposed sixteen years in prison. The judgment can still be challenged on appeal; the sources consulted reported nothing about any possible appeal.
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The article's central points are based directly on the court's judgment. The second source confirms the ruling; unverifiable details about any possible appeal are explicitly presented as unknown.
- confirmed The Overijssel District Court sentenced a 24-year-old man from Zwolle to sixteen years in prison. — Confirmed in Rechtspraak's news report. source
- confirmed The conviction concerns multiple attempted murders and illegal firearms possession. — Confirmed by Rechtspraak. source
- confirmed The shooting took place at a Zwolle football club and the victim was injured. — Confirmed by Rechtspraak. source
- confirmed The court ruled that there had been premeditation. — The court describes the time between the conversation, collecting the weapons and returning to the club. source
- confirmed People present in the clubhouse were also legally considered targets of attempted murder. — This is stated in the court's reasoning about accepting the risk. source
- confirmed In addition to the automatic firearm, the man had two pistols and ammunition. — Confirmed in the report on the judgment. source
- confirmed The Public Prosecution Service had demanded a prison sentence of twenty years. — The second public source mentions the earlier sentencing demand; the sixteen-year sentence is also confirmed. source
Editor's note
The judgment and its main considerations have been confirmed by Rechtspraak. A second public source confirms the ruling and its main points; there is no information about any possible appeal.Sources
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