(NL Times) The court in The Hague sentenced the former Pakistani cricket player Khalid Latif to 12 years in prison for incitement to murder PVV leader Geert Wilders. The 37-year-old Pakistani man posted a video online in 2018 offering around 21,000 euros for whoever would kill the Dutch parliamentarian.
It is the first time a Dutch court has convicted someone abroad for threatening a Dutch politician. The verdict matches the sentence the Public Prosecution Service (OM) recommended. Latif did not attend his trial or appoint a lawyer to represent him. The Netherlands doesn’t have an extradition treaty with Pakistan.
Wilders was present in the courtroom to hear the ruling.
