The 30-year-old Mustapha S. was sentenced on Thursday to TBS with compulsory treatment for the fatal stabbing in De Pijp on May 21 last year. The court agreed with the demand of the Public Prosecution Service.
According to a psychiatrist and a psychologist, S., who was not present at the verdict, was in psychosis on the day in question. Therefore, the stabbing incidents cannot be attributed to him. Experts advised him to impose compulsory treatment on tbs, partly to protect society against him.
S.’s lawyer asked the court not to impose a forced stay in a TBS clinic on her client. She argued for a so-called TBS with conditions. The court concurred with the experts’ opinion.
‘Looks like a beast’
The 64-year-old local resident Roy Titawanno did not survive the stabbing. The four other victims, aged between 21 and 28, had to be hospitalized with serious injuries. A sixth person was stabbed, but he was not hit.
The victims later stated that they saw a man with large pupils storming towards them. Sometimes they only felt after two stabs that he was going to attack them with a knife. “The moment I was stabbed I saw a kind of smile on the face of the perpetrator,” said one of them. Another victim: “It looked like an animal.”
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S. was depressed for some time and had been hearing voices in his head since the beginning of April. The man was prescribed antipsychotics, but was not taking them at the time of the stabbing. During the third pro forma hearing, he said he could not remember anything about the stabbing. “But I believe the people who have told me that I am the one who did this. I had delusions. I had lost my grip on reality.” He stated that he was doing better and that he no longer saw himself as dangerous.
However, the court ruled that there is too little insight into his illness and that forced nursing is therefore necessary. ,,He has committed one of the worst offenses in Dutch criminal law; murder and five attempted murders,” said the presiding judge. According to him, S. has caused the relatives of Roy Titawanno ‘irreparable suffering’ and the other victims are ‘scarred for life’ by his actions.
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