Sendric S., who is suspected of three murders, is now also linked to a stabbing incident in Rotterdam last June. The incident occurred on the Mauritsstraat at 3 a.m. The victim was stabbed in his back and face and was severely injured as a result. It was unclear who had committed the crime until S. was arrested last January on suspicion of three murders in IJsselmonde, Rotterdam. This led to a DNA match, the prosecutor said in the district court of Rotterdam. The 24-year-old S. has confessed to all the crimes.
There was another interim hearing against S. on Tuesday. Once again, he did not attend the hearing. It will take some time before the case is addressed on its merits. In September, S. will be admitted to the Pieter Baan Centre for evaluation. According to his lawyer, his client still appears confused. ‘He is psychologically vulnerable.”
S. is suspected of having fatally shot three men in late December and early January. He allegedly shot a 63-year-old man on December 21, who died several days later. On December 28, a 58-year-old from Rotterdam was shot. He passed away that same night. The third victim, an 81-year-old man, was shot during the day on January 2 and passed away sometime later.
The murders caused a great deal of unrest in IJsselmonde. Residents were advised not to go out on the streets alone. The victims were often approached from behind before being shot. It seems to be the case that the men were picked at random.
The victim of the stabbing on June 12 also seemed to be picked at random. The man had no idea who had attacked him. The victim’s blood was found on the suspect’s shoes.
The hearing on Tuesday lasted just 10 minutes. Many of the victim’s relatives were in the court. The judge said that he understood that it was difficult for them to experience this and warned that the next hearing on September 9 would not be much longer than this.
The 20-year-old who has confessed to having provided S. with the murder weapon is facing four years in jail. The prosecutors recommend this sentence to the court in Rotterdam on Tuesday.
Police found Juani B. due to DNA traces that were found on bullet casings used in the murders. He was arrested after the second murder. Police gave him the opportunity to explain his side of the story, but he stayed silent initially.
After the third murder, B. told investigators that he had contact with S. via Snapchat and that the gun had been ordered in this way. “Somebody told me that a murder had been committed. That affected me,” B. said. “I did not know who the buyer was, but I did have his name on Snapchat. I could give that.”
B. has “a substantial criminal record for his age,” the prosecutor said. When B. supplied the weapon to S. on December 20, he was still on probation from a juvenile forensic psychiatric order. He said that he had sold the weapon for 1,250 euros to S. “He looked at the weapon a bit strangely,” B. told the court. “I told him not to do anything stupid.” The two did not know each other at the time.
According to the OM, B. ordered gas pistols from Estonia and converted them into guns.
B.’s lawyer felt the recommendation was much too high. B. said that he was shocked by the recommendation. “I did not expect it to be this high.” The court will decide on B.’s case on July 8.