Skip to main content
Home

Main navigation

  • Top stories
  • Health
  • Crime
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Tech
  • Culture
  • Sports
  • Weird
  • 1-1-2
Image
CcZx45SUkAAfe3o
Evander Sno while playing for Celtic (Photo: @celtic/Twitter) - Credit: Evander Sno while playing for Celtic (Photo: @celtic/Twitter)
Crime
Sports
aggravated assault
Ajax
Amsterdam
attempted murder
Evander Sno
football
self defense
Tuesday, 1 March 2016 - 15:50
Share this:
  • facebook
  • twitter
  • linkedin
  • whatsapp
  • reddit

Former Ajax player claims self-defence in attempted murder charge

Former Ajax player Evander Sno is appearing in the Amsterdam court this week on charges of aggravated assault and attempted murder. He claims the charges are "exaggerated," saying in an interview with newspaper AD, "I had to defend myself." According to the Public Prosecutor, Sno and two relatives severely assaulted two other people in Amsterdam on August 11th, 2013. The victims were beaten and kicked, and the attacks continued even after they were on the ground. One of the victims was so badly hurt, that the Public Prosecutor considers it attempted murder. Sno believes that the attempted murder charge is "greatly exaggerated". "They're making it much larger and worse than it was." he said to the newspaper. "There was a scuffle involving acquaintances of mine. I wanted to calm things down, like: Hey guys, this is not necessary, we are having a good party. Then I was hit and yes, I don't have to let myself be hit, so I defended myself." According to the footballer, he did not know the victims at all and has know idea what the fight was about. "But I definitely did not kick them as they lay on the ground", he said. "They are inflating this because I'm a football player. If you kick someone on the leg as he lays on the ground, they call it attempted manslaughter. But I did not kick them when they were down." Sno is not the first Dutch athlete facing court for aggravated assault. In October last year the court of appeals in Amsterdam sentenced kickboxer Badr Hari to 24 months in prison, ten of which a conditional probation period, for a number of charges, including aggravated assault on Koen Everink. Sno played professional football for NAC Breda, Celtic, Ajax, Bristol City, RKC Waalwijk, NEC and Westerlo.

Follow us:

Latest stories

  • Dutch parliamentarians support €57 rent reduction for low-income households
  • Mountain of waste growing in the streets of Utrecht as garbage worker strike continues
  • Festival ticket prices jump higher; Some events up 17% as Lowlands cost hits €300
  • Rutte: Not enough political support to force the king to pay taxes
  • Turkey summons Dutch ambassador to explain why Istanbul consulate was closed
  • The Netherlands moves into the top 10 on Economist's Democracy Index

Top stories

  • Dutch parliamentarians support €57 rent reduction for low-income households
  • European office to gather proof of war crimes in Ukraine will set up in The Hague
  • Nine suspects arrested in Netherlands for 50 ATM bombings in Germany
  • Amsterdam to ban some tour buses from city center from 2024
  • Police missed many signals in run-up to attorney, crime journalist's murders: report
  • Public transport strike: No trains running in Friesland, part of Groningen

© 2012-2023, NL Times, All rights reserved.

Footer menu

  • Privacy
  • Contact
  • Partner content