The police have Investigation Requested recognizable images of a witness to the fatal abuse of a Dutchman in Mallorca last summer. The 27-year-old Carlo Heuvelman from Waddinxveen was killed. In November, the TV program already showed unrecognizable images of the witness, but after that call no one had come forward.
According to the police, the man in the camera images was close to the assault and may have filmed the events. Even if he has not made any recordings, he is still a crucial witness, emphasizes a police spokesperson in the broadcast of Investigation Requested. He is emphatically not a suspect, she adds. According to the police, it concerns a young Dutch man who speaks with an Amsterdam accent.
It is exceptional that recognizable images of a witness are shared. Police admit it is an invasion of his privacy. “But this case has had such a big impact on society that the Public Prosecution Service finds showing the photo of the witness justified,” explains the spokesperson.
In November, the Public Prosecution Service already offered a reward of 15,000 euros for the golden tip in the case.
Confrontation with a group of young people
Heuvelman was seriously assaulted in the middle of the night on 14 July last year together with friends during a confrontation with a group of young people on the boulevard of the seaside resort of El Arenal on the Spanish island of Mallorca. He died of his injuries four days later.
The first hearing for five suspects allegedly involved in the assault took place in November. Two of the suspects are allowed to await their trial in freedom, the three main suspects are still in custody. The next pre-trial hearing in the case will take place on Friday.
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