Acquittal for murder 'banker' Willem Endstra

Their presence in the vicinity of the spot where the "banker of the underworld" was shot, is insufficient to arrive at a conviction. Other statements in the file are not reliable enough.

Willem Endstra was shot dead on May 17, 2004 in front of his office. The three suspects shot by the Public Prosecutor (OM), but had a role in the preparation. The OM came the deadly bullets of the Russian Namik Abassov. He died in March 2012, however, in his cell of a brain hemorrhage.

The court continued Monday afternoon a thick line by the theory of the prosecution. According to the judge, there is no technical evidence that the trio has been at the crime scene. They were in the area, provide no conclusive evidence for their involvement. Also in the incriminating statement of witness Hidir K. is too much doubt to come to a conviction. The reliability of his statements to be desired, according to the court.

Odor
The judgment of the court does leave room for doubt about the actual guilt of the defendants. According to court evidence is admittedly insufficient involvement of the three main suspects, "the smell around it is not fresh."

Sixteen years
The prosecution demanded prison sentences rather still fourteen to sixteen years against the trio. They would have previously explored and observed the situation to facilitate thus the assassination Endstra. They would also have arranged the flight cars and have been on the lookout for the office of Endstra in Amsterdam.

During the trial came only show two of the three suspects, the Alkmaar-Turkish cousins ​​Ali N. (31) and Özgür C. (35). The Turk Ziya 'Pasha' G. (41) has always remained a fugitive. He was tried in absentia and had according to the public a decisive role as organizer.

Holleeder
Endstra was shot dead when he was suspected of money laundering. He had, among others, contact Willem Holleeder. Who has served a prison sentence for blackmail Endstra and others. The prosecution suspects Holleeder that he has commissioned Willem Endstra and murder others. That case is still pending in court.

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