The Public Prosecution Service (OM) has demanded 20 months in prison against Roy B. on Thursday because they consider him guilty of death by debt in the case of the drowned Orlando Boldewijn. The man is said to have left the seventeen-year-old boy to fend for himself in 2018 when he was lying in the cold water in The Hague and drowned.
“A young life that has come to an abrupt end” and “is surrounded by riddles,” said the prosecutor.
Because how and why Boldewijn ended up in the water of the Hague’s lake de Blauwe Loper in the night of 18 to 19 February has never become clear.
What is certain is that the boy had a date with suspect B earlier that evening. The man has a houseboat in the puddle and around midnight the 29-year-old man dropped him off.
According to the suspect, Boldewijn would go home, but the boy kept walking around. Boldewijn said he was looking for B. to a man he met, because he would take him home.
Public Prosecution Service sees evidence for leaving Boldewijn to fate
The Public Prosecution Service says it cannot determine whether the boy has been launched by voluntary jumping into the water or by a crime.
The officer considers it proven that the suspect saw Boldewijn lying in the water and left it to his own devices. It is a story that B. himself told to acquaintances of his. Testimonials that are reliable according to the Public Prosecution Service.
According to the prosecution, the suspect’s statement is supported by the fact that Boldewijn’s body was found where B. says he saw him.
“Out of indifference, he has decided not to offer any help,” the officer concludes. According to the Public Prosecution Service, there was a chance that Boldewijn would have survived the flooding if help had been provided in good time.
Lawyer Sébas Diekstra, who assists the boy’s mother, says in a first reaction: “No sentence will ever be high enough for the mother, but partly because of the legal accusation that the suspect is being made, the prison sentence demanded is nothing less than his place. “
The court will rule on 1 July at 1 p.m.
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