The 54-year-old suspect in the rape of a girl in Rotterdam is now also suspended of a sexual offense in 2011. His DNA Matches traces from That Fourteen-Year-Old Investigation.
The Man was arrested on August 19 After an assault on a girl in the Zuiderpark in Rotterdam. The Suspect Allegedly Molested the Girl in the Bushes A Week Earlier.
The Suspect was Brought Before the Rotterdam Court’s Council Chamber on Thorsday. It was announced there that the public prosecution service (OM) suspects he of rape and unlawful deprivation of liberty.
MoreOover, there was a surprising twist: the man also appears to be a suspect in a sexual offense in 2011 in Rotterdam-Zuid. His DNA Matches Traces Found After That Crime. The Om is Therefore Expanding the Charges Against Him.
The Victim of That Crime was also a minor. The Girl was followed by a man in a hallway with basement boxes. The perpetrator then closed the door, prevention The Victim from Leaving. Police Were Unable to Link the DNA traces found at the time to a suspect.
Sexual Offense is statute-baled, deprivation of liberty is not
The current suspect can no longer be prosecuted for that sexual offense, as it is now statute-baled. However, The Deprivation of Liberty is not Yet Statute-Barred. The limitation period varies per type of offense.
Therefore, the suspect is not only charged with the rape of last month, but also with the unlawful deprivation of liberty in 2011. The Police Have also arrested the man, who was already in jail, on suspicion of that.
The Council Chamber Has Extended His Pre-Trial Detention by Ninety Days.