Schagen babysitter gets 3 years in prison for child sex abuse

Julian F. (25) from the municipality of Schagen was sentenced to a prison sentence of three years and mandatory psychiatric treatment at a tbs facility for child abuse in a family that he was babysitting for in the municipality of Hollands Kroon. The court in Haarlem also finds F. guilty of filming and distributing child sex abuse and bestiality.

F. offered himself as a babysitter via Marktplaats and had 11 families that he babysat for in the country. He confessed that he touched the genitals of a toddler who was two years old and filmed it. F. shared the images with 38-year-old Marco H. from Alkmaar who he shared sexual fantasies with.

The suspect acted very calculatingly and took the initiative himself. He did not care about the young victim for a moment and was merely concerned with satisfying his sexual urges, the court chair said in the verdict.

The court sentenced H. to a year and a half in prison and mandatory treatment at a psychiatric tbs facility for complicity in the abuse. H. helped by making requests and suggestions that encouraged F. His actions, therefore, contributed to the abuse, the court reasoned. He had no guiding role and was not present during the abuse.

F. was also on trial for abusing a four-year-old in the same family and abusing his cousin, who was 11 years old. F. denied both accusations and the Public Prosecution Service could not find enough evidence to support a conviction. The court acquitted him of these charges.

Both suspects and their lawyers were absent during the court’s verdict on Friday. The punishments are equal to the prosecutor's recommendations.