Netherlands: 58-year-old Austrian comes before the magistrate

In connection with a group that was said to have lived in isolation on a farm in the Dutch province of Drenthe for years, a criminal suspicion arose against a 58-year-old. The Austrians are accused of deprivation of liberty and health hazards of third parties. This was announced by the prosecution, which is responsible for Drenthe, Friesland, Groningen.

1/2 De 58 -year one the dinsdag in Ruinerwold is aangehouden, wordt donderdag voorgeleid bij de right-commissaris. De man wordt op dit moment in het onderzoek suspected van betrokkenheid bij nierechtelijke vrijheidsberoving and het benadelen van de gezondheid van others.

The man was arrested on Tuesday. He had rented a farm in Ruinerwold, where a father with six grown-up children apparently lived in a room in isolation for nine years. The man should be presented to the Judge on Thursday, it was said. (Read more about the case here)