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Dutch prosecution office decides to appeal sentence of cop

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Not because they think he was punished too hard, no, they think he was not punished hard enough.
UTRECHT - The Dutch prosecution office is not accepting the punishment a sergeant in the police force got for blackmailing 20 men who visited a gay meeting place. The officer was sentenced last month to 9 months in jail, of which 6 on probation and mandatory treatment for his disorder.

The Prosecution had demanded 2 years in jail of which 6 months on probation. The prosecution offices does not feel that the punishments are in accordance with the seriousness of the crimes the police officer committed and the consequences of that blackmailing on the victims. That is why the prosecution is going to appeal the sentence.

Threatening letters.

The police officer recorded the license plates in 2015 of visitors of a gay meeting spot. He then looked up their personal details in the police computer. He then wrote the men that he had pictures of them visiting that gay meeting spot and that he was planning to make them public. The only way they could prevent that is to pay him. The men instead went to the police and reported this attempt at blackmail of one of their own.

The court had decided to give the officer a lower sentence because they took into account that being in jail would be extra hard for a former police officer.
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The prosecutors clearly do not agree and neither do I, this man needs more prison time because he misused the position that he had to blackmail innocent men and that cannot and should not be accepted from anyone but especially not from a police officer. To me that means he deserves more punishment and not lower punishment (because he would have more problems being a former cop in jail).
 
Seems as though abusing the authority invested in him as a police officer would mean a more severe penalty.
 
Peter King said:
Not because they think he was punished too hard, no, they think he was not punished hard enough.


The prosecutors clearly do not agree and neither do I, this man needs more prison time because he misused the position that he had to blackmail innocent men and that cannot and should not be accepted from anyone but especially not from a police officer. To me that means he deserves more punishment and not lower punishment (because he would have more problems being a former cop in jail).
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To me, the abusing his position of trust, his position of authority, is the bigger crime. For that alone he should get more time than an average citizen would for the same thing.
 
Peter King said:
Not because they think he was punished too hard, no, they think he was not punished hard enough.


The prosecutors clearly do not agree and neither do I, this man needs more prison time because he misused the position that he had to blackmail innocent men and that cannot and should not be accepted from anyone but especially not from a police officer. To me that means he deserves more punishment and not lower punishment (because he would have more problems being a former cop in jail).
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Having more problems for a former cop is what SHOULD happen... it will dissuade cops from committing crimes even better.

What a stupid judge. What an idiot. Reducing the sentence invites more cops to try criminal activities... :roll:
 
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