acquittal

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The extent of damage after a portion of Arnhem’s city center caught fire was made clear in drone footage. 6 March 2025
Crime
4 years in prison for arson that destroyed 10 buildings in historic Arnhem city center
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Lighting a candle.
Health
Dutch aid worker Pieter Wittenberg, known for helping refugees on Lesbos, dies at 78
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The Maastoren, Wilhelminatoren, and the Rotterdam courthouse in August 2016
Crime
Former national security worker accused of espionage strongly denies allegation
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Asylum seekers on Lesbos
Politics
Dutch aid worker acquitted of people smuggling for helping asylum seekers on Lesbos
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Marco Borsato arrives at the court of Utrecht to hear the verdict in the child sex abuse case against him, 4 December 2025
Crime
Court acquits singer Marco Borsato of child sex abuse with 15-year-old girl
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Gavel with lady justice in the background
Crime
Ex acquitted of Amsterdam woman's brutal murder in 2016
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Court gavel with a statue of Lady Justice in the background
Crime
Man acquitted of stalking charges after spending a year in prison
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Willem Engel during an appearance on video program Vocast. 1 Sept. 2020
Crime
Covid conspiracy theorist Willem Engel acquitted in sedition case
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Smoke rising from a fire at an apartment complex for refugees on Voetbalstraat in Amsterdam Nieuw-West. 13 November 2022
Crime
Arson suspect acquitted in Amsterdam container housing complex fire
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Inez Weski during a debate on democracy at Theater aan het Spui in The Hague in 2014
Crime
Top defense attorney Inez Weski ordered to remain in jail for at least 2 more weeks
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Inez Weski during a debate on democracy at Theater aan het Spui in The Hague in 2014
CrimeWeird
Police arrest Inez Weski, attorney to alleged crime lord Ridouan Taghi
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The highly secured Schiphol Judicial Complex in Badhoevedorp, Noord-Holland. June 2020
Crime
Court acquits nine suspects accused of plotting terrorist attack in Eindhoven
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Crime
Court acquits Amsterdam suspect in 2015 Paris, Brussels attacks
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Jail
Crime
Acquittal requested for 7 Eindhoven terrorism suspects; Prison demanded for other 2
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Taxi
Crime
Taxi driver who drove over Amsterdam woman after botched iPhone sale acquitted in court
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Gavel with lady justice in the background
Crime
Man acquitted on appeal of burning woman alive in car trunk in 2005
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Ridouan Taghi with a sketch aged to show what he may look like today
Crime
Alleged criminal kingpin Taghi's lawyer asks for acquittal in major assassinations trial
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A Mercedes with the body of Ralm Meneima in its trunk pulled from the Stieltjeskanaal, 31 March 2017
Crime
Suspect acquitted of 2017 murder; Body found in car pulled from Dutch canal
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Gavel with lady justice in the background
Crime
Prosecutor asks for suspect's acquittal 28 years after campsite murder
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Scales of justice and gavel on law book
Crime
Dutch man acquitted of killing his wife on yacht in Colombia
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Tattoo Killers
Crime
"Tattoo killers" acquitted of 2009 murder
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Lady Justice statue
Crime
Amersfoort woman acquitted of manslaughter in newborn babies' deaths
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A mural on the side of the home stadium for ADO Den Haag
CrimeSports
One conviction, two acquittals in ADO Den Haag grenade incident
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Gavel with lady justice in the background
CrimeHealth
Doctor acquitted of murder in euthanasia for dementia patient