Pieter Baan Center

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A memorial to Lisa, 17, at the location where she was found stabbed to death on 20 Aug. 2025 in Ouder-Amstel, near Amsterdam. 13 Nov. 2025
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Psychiatric evaluation extended for suspect in Lisa's murder; Trial to start in January
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Brug 721 crosses the Christoffel Plantijngracht. The footbridge over the canal is located in the Piet Wiedijkpark, a park in the Osdorp neighborhood of Amsterdam Nieuw-West. June 2018
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YouTuber’s ‘prank call’ led suspect to fatally shoot Syrian teen bystanders: Prosecutors
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Amsterdam police officers take a 30-year-old man from Donetsk, Ukraine into custody for allegedly stabbing five people at random near Sint Nicolaasstraat. 27 March 2025
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Suspect in Dam stabbing case said EU taxpayers should “pay the price,” court hears
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Gavel with lady justice in the background
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Amsterdam Court of Appeal raises sentence to 12 years in killing of Ukrainian sex worker
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Crime scene tape with a police car in the background
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Suspect in Leiderdorp ex-partner murder filmed attack, sent videos to victim’s family
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Cropped view of child touching teddy bear near blurred window with raindrops
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Limburg couple faces 18 years jail for sexual abuse during babysitting of seven children
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Auctioneer's gavel
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Prosecutors appeal to demand more jail time in brutal murder of Ukrainian sex worker
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A bulletproof and stab-resistant vest worn by Dutch police officers. November 2023
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Amsterdam “fake cop” scam that killed 80-year-old woman also linked to fraud case
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Court gavel with a statue of Lady Justice in the background
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Zwolle Court sentences Eritrean to 20 years for leading violent human trafficking gang
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Amsterdam police officers take a 30-year-old man from Donetsk, Ukraine into custody for allegedly stabbing five people at random near Sint Nicolaasstraat. 27 March 2025
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Police recover hidden documents of Ukrainian suspect in Amsterdam stabbing case
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Professional psychotherapist working with patient in office
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Suspect in Alblasserdam teacher stabbing refuses psychological evaluation
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Cropped shot of a lawyer writing and Lady Justice statue on a table.
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Man who killed 11-year-old in Nieuwegein had assaulted woman, alarmed police earlier
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Auctioneer's gavel
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14 years jail recommended for man accused of sexually abusing 31 girls in Barendrecht
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The courthouse in Dordrecht in 2011
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Stabbed woman killed in Gorinchem was holding murder weapon in her hands, court hears
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A memorial to Lisa, 17, at the location where she was found stabbed to death on 20 Aug. 2025 in Ouder-Amstel, near Amsterdam. 13 Nov. 2025
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Amsterdam prosecutor says suspect in 17-year-old Lisa’s killing may never be identified
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A Dutch police officer standing by a police car
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Fatal robbery of Amsterdam woman, 80, may have been more violent than suspect admitted
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Auctioneer's gavel
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Woman convicted of murder of mental health worker, sentenced to 18 years in prison
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Police officer cordoning off a crime scene
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Man who fatally stabbed 11-year-old girl is "mentally incompetent," experts conclude
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Cropped view of child touching teddy bear near blurred window with raindrops
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Foster parents won’t face attempted manslaughter charge for girl’s severe abuse
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Auctioneer's gavel
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Parents face 6 years in prison for starving baby to death
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Prison cell bars
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Utrecht serial rapist’s conditional release delayed again over psychiatric placement
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Simone Alleman, a 52-year-old from Diemen who was found dead after she went missing in Landsmeer in January 2025
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Suspect confesses to murdering his mother, says he can't remember mutilation
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Two photos of the man suspected of killing three people at random in Rotterdam’s IJsselmonde District from December 21, 2024, through January 2, 2025.
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Suspect who killed three in random Rotterdam shootings also named in June 2024 stabbing
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A police officer at a crime scene in 2020
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Suspect of fatal stabbing in Amsterdam also accused of possessing child sex abuse videos