Man (39) arrested for rape 21 years ago | Inland

On April 1, a then 19-year-old woman was raped by four men at Blaak in Rotterdam. Officers arrested a suspect, but the other three were never found. Until two weeks ago, Ascension Day. The 39-year-old man was then arrested for the sexual offence.

The suspect has since been brought before the examining magistrate and it has been determined that he will remain in prison for 90 days. The session will then follow. The woman, now 21 years older, was pleasantly surprised with the arrest, the police reported in a press release. “I am very grateful that even after 21 years a suspect has been arrested. I can really deal with it now and there will finally be justice,” she responds.

Due to a change in the law in 2013, sexual offenses such as rape are no longer time-barred. For that reason, the police and the Public Prosecution Service can get back to work with new information in these kinds of cases.

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