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    2 months ago

    Apologies, I had read a source on lemmy saying he’d served 12 months of his sentence in England before being transferred back to the Netherlands, but I can’t confirm it at this time.

    edit: Forbes and New York Times say he served a year in Britain and then had his sentence reduced upon repatriation.

    And I know Britain didn’t prioritize his rehabilitation in any way.

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      2 months ago

      That’s a very interesting piece of information actually, I didn’t see that anywhere else. Implies they didn’t agree with the UK verdict in the first place.

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        2 months ago

        Implies they didn’t agree with the UK verdict in the first place.

        Yep, hence everyone being upset that a child rapist was given a slap on the hand by their government and allowed to go to the Olympics. Makes the dutch look super fucking bad overall.

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          2 months ago

          “Hey, he was convicted in another country, according to their laws on rape charges, but he’s really good at slapping a ball in the sand, so we’re just gonna pretend that whole “rape” thing never happened…”

          Yeah, that’s a good look.