He hits his wife on the head from behind with a five-kilogram shoemaker’s last, but she manages to flee. Jan’s suicide also fails: he survives.
Less than a year later, Jan is in court for the attempted murder of his wife. Eric Oosterom is a reporter for AD Rotterdams Dagblad and was at the case.
“I saw the woman sitting there beforehand and I thought that must be the victim. Then an old man sat down next to her and at first I thought it was her brother. But it turned out to be the suspect,” he says. The two are now together again, says Eric: ,,She also thought that was very logical: ‘Of course I will sleep next to him again.”
This is the latest episode of the podcast series De Zaak X. You can listen to the complete series via this site, or subscribe via Spotify or apple podcastor click below to listen to the podcast on your favorite platform!
#year #Jan #wanted #kill #wife #happily #live