A 27-year-old man who is suspected of an attempted rape at the NDSM wharf in Amsterdam in April, was living in an assisted living institution at the time, was revealed during a hearing on Monday. In September 2016, the man was convicted of a sex crime and sentenced to prison and institutionalized psychiatric treatment, NU.nl reports.
The attempted rape happened on April 12th. On that day the man was allowed to go outside the institution unsupervised, according to the newspaper.
The Noord-Holland police made multiple mistakes in the investigation into a sexual assault case in Hoorn, the Inspectorate for Security and Justice concluded after looking into the investigation. The victim tracked down the man who tried to rape her herself, NU.nl reports.
According to the inspectorate's report, sent to the chief of police on Wednesday, the police's communication with the victim was not proactive enough and unclear, and the police should have acted more quickly.
A Dutch tourist was arrested in Portugal on Monday for attempting to rape a 9-year-old girl in a busy E. Leclerc supermarket in the city of Lamego, AD reports.
The suspect is a 35-year-old man who lives in Germany, but has Dutch nationality. He lured the girl to the supermarket's bathroom by pretending to be a shop employee, according to the newspaper. The girl's father noticed that she was gone and searched the store until he heard shouting from the bathrooms. He forced the door and caught the Dutch man red handed, AD reports.
Dutch man Romano van der Dussen was released from the prison on Mallocra, Spain on Thursday afternoon, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed. He was imprisoned there for twelve years after being convicted of rape and attempted rape, before a Spanish court acquitted him on Wednesday.
The Netherlands is happy with the Spanish Supreme Court's decision to over turn the rape conviction against Dutchman Romano van der Dussen. "It took a long time, but finally there is clarity", Minister Bert Koenders of Foreign Affairs said. "I am relieved and pleased for Mr. Van der Dussen."
According to the Spanish newspaper El Pais, the Dutchman Romano van der Dussen may have been wrongfully imprisoned in a Spanish cell for years.
