(NL Times) Prosecutors in the Netherlands demanded a rare life sentence in prison against Gokmen T., the man on trial for killing four people in a mass shooting on a tram in Utrecht on March 18, 2019. The 38-year-old man is facing four counts of murder or manslaughter with terrorist intent, attempting to kill three others, and threatening a further 17 with terrorist intent. He confessed to the shooting multiple times.
“The total absence of remorse makes the chance of a repeat offense considerable,” the Public Prosecution Service (OM) said. This was considered against a determination by psychiatric experts that T. has a personality disorder and limited intellectual capacity, which could justify a reduced sentence combined with psychiatric treatment. “Taking all this into account, the prosecutors come to the conclusion that the only appropriate sentence requirement is life imprisonment,” the OM said.
