Pakistani cricketer Khalid Latif gets 12 years in prison over Geert Wilders bounty

September 11, 2023   

(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.

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