LIVE | OM: Taghi had witnesses killed | Inland

Our reporter Mick van Wely has been present in the courtroom since 10 a.m. Follow his live report at the bottom of this post.

This can be concluded from a report by the Public Prosecution Service Tuesday morning during a session around the liquidation process Marengo, in which Taghi is the main suspect. Taghi was. According to the Public Prosecution Service, intercepted telephone messages show that from the outset they were aware of the investigation into his accomplices.

According to the OM, this was possible because the suspects were sent to lawyers who would have been willing to share information about the ongoing investigation. That was not allowed because the suspects were still in restrictions. Counsel of the firm Ficq & Partners, Yassine Bouchikhi and Khalid Kasem have been mentioned as lawyers.

“The investigation further showed that Taghi had access to the information from the 26Koper file from the start and that Taghi was informed almost immediately about the content of the charges. This information was obtained from the lawyers who were engaged for the arrested suspects on his behalf. Even during the restrictions, ”the public prosecutor read.

According to the OM, Taghi had one goal: that his name would not appear in the investigation into a gang that was preparing liquidations. “And that worked,” said the officer in court. The others were convicted, Taghi was left out.

According to the Public Prosecution Service, Taghi was kept informed of the course of a first hearing in the 26Koper case, which revolved around the murder gang. He knew which persons could be heard as witnesses, according to reports.

“These messages from Mario R. and Taghi show that their focus is on which witnesses are there, and whether these witnesses could explain anything about Taghi. Belhadj’s witness hearing was scheduled for June 8, 2016 and Scekic’s for June 30, 2016. Both were murdered before they could be heard, ”the officer said.

De Telegraaf already revealed in 2015 that the liquidated Skecic and Belhadj were witnesses on the basis of file documents available to the newspaper at the time.

The OM also announced that two murders that might be added to the file, a murder of a criminal and a ‘mistaken murder’ of a completely innocent man, will not be added after all. There is insufficient evidence.

The session continues at 1:30 pm. Then the lawyers may respond. The lawyer Yassine Bouchikhi reacted furiously on Tuesday morning. He called the OM’s explanation about the leak by lawyers ‘shit and slander’.

The OM announced earlier that a few more cases would be added to the extensive file. For two other murder cases, according to the judiciary, there is ‘insufficient reason’ to place them on the charge against one or more suspects. An official report about these cases is included in the file.

29-year-old Belhadj is said to have been shot for stealing two blocks of cocaine from the alleged organization of Taghi. Nabil B., star witness in Marengo, has stated about the case. In the investigation 26Koper, a precursor to the current Marengo process, a photo of Belhadj was found on an SD card. Justice has decrypted PGP messages, sent between suspects themselves, in which the murder is discussed. Belhadj had to get “three headshots”.

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