Boy (15) on trial for murder in the Netherlands for allegedly stabbing a girl to death in a €20 cont - Polidicks

[quote]A 15-YEAR-OLD boy has gone on trial for murder in the Netherlands for allegedly stabbing a 15-year-old girl to death in a €20 contract killing – after a row that started over comments posted on Facebook. A court in Arnhem heard yesterday that the boy, known only as “Jinhua K”, had admitted stabbing to death the victim, Joyce “Winsie” Hau, and seriously injuring her father in the attack last January – when he was just 14 years old. The details of the killing have shocked the country. It followed an online argument that started relatively innocuously when the victim, Joyce Hau, apparently posted some derogatory comments about her friend, “Polly W”, on Facebook. However, the row escalated and then simmered for a number of weeks before Polly W (16) and her boyfriend, “Wesley C” (17) allegedly hired Jinhua to kill their former friend. According to a reconstruction of the extraordinary story for television crime programme EenVandaag, Jinhua was handed a note containing the name and address of his victim and the times when she could usually be found at home, where she lived with her parents. He was allegedly paid €20 by the pair to carry out the killing; when he hesitated he was told that they would kill him instead if he did not go through with his side of the bargain. During yesterday’s hearing, Jinhua, from Capelle aan den Ijssel, near Rotterdam, told the court that he was “enormously sorry” for the killing. Court cases involving juveniles are usually held in closed session in the Netherlands. A social worker and Jinhua’s lawyer argued for this case – which has become known in the Netherlands as “the Facebook murder trial” – to remain private. However, a psychiatrist and a psychologist have both told the court that in their view a public hearing would not be detrimental to the accused – and this was accepted by the judges. They said they had decided to hear the case in public because it was important that “society knows the facts” about the role played by social media in the case. This outweighed the normal entitlement to privacy. Because of his young age, Jinhua faces a maximum sentence of one year in prison, plus detention in a psychiatric institution for a period to be decided by the court. The judges will give their verdict on September 3rd. The case against Polly W and her boyfriend, Wesley C, will be heard today after deciding whether they should be tried as juveniles or as adults.[/quote] [url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/frontpage/2012/0821/1224322587417.html]Source[/url]

Jesus you can get a murder for €20 today? I got bullied as a kid and didn't realize consequences of things. If it was now half of my class would be probably dead already.

[QUOTE=Awesomecaek;37342137]Jesus you can get a murder for €20 today? I got bullied as a kid. Half of my class would be dead today.[/QUOTE] haha that's not disturbing at all

[quote]However, the row escalated and then simmered for a number of weeks before Polly W (16) and her boyfriend, “Wesley C” (17) allegedly hired Jinhua to kill their former friend.[/quote] Not sure whats more sickening, a couple hiring a 15 year old to kill someone over facebook drama, or a 15 year old murdering someone for 25$.

the world is gone to hell.

This story has all sorts of fucked up.

[QUOTE=Trunk Monkay;37342150]Not sure whats more sickening, a couple hiring a 15 year old to kill someone over facebook drama, or a 15 year old murdering someone for 25$.[/QUOTE] They were threatening to kill the kid if he didn't carry out the murder.

[QUOTE=scorpinat;37342151]the world is gone to hell.[/QUOTE] I'm sure this kind of stuff happened in the past as well, They just got away with it and nobody was there to make it news.

They want the max jail time for him that is 1 year. After that he does still have to follow 8 years of resocialization, but how the fuck is that gonna fix up a kid who murdered someone while he was just 14 years old (he was 14 during the murder) [editline]21st August 2012[/editline] btw after those 8 years he'll be free again, even if it didn't help jack shit (they want to change this though, but I yet have to see that happen)

[QUOTE=The1Flame;37342197]They were threatening to kill the kid if he didn't carry out the murder.[/QUOTE] Probably bullshit, and it's not like he couldn't have gone to the police.

Wow I live very close to that town, I'm suprised by the fact that he would kill her for 20 euro though.

[QUOTE=Primigenes;37342252]Social Networks still connecting people with the crazies[/QUOTE] The internet/social media has only brought to light that the world can be a fucking stupid place, just because we couldn't see a huge spectrum of it in the past doesn't mean it didn't exist.

[QUOTE=scratch (nl);37342205]They want the max jail time for him that is 1 year. After that he does still have to follow 8 years of resocialization, but how the fuck is that gonna fix up a kid who murdered someone while he was just 14 years old (he was 14 during the murder) [editline]21st August 2012[/editline] btw after those 8 years he'll be free again, even if it didn't help jack shit (they want to change this though, but I yet have to see that happen)[/QUOTE] yeah we should totally lock him up for the rest of his life instead

[QUOTE=The golden;37342195]Bullshit.[/QUOTE] I don't really know - if you commit murder at age 14, it's more likely that you need psychiatric help than prison time. Especially considering that they threatened him as well. I don't think we should lock up a 14 year old until he's 40.

[QUOTE=Trunk Monkay;37342150]Not sure whats more sickening, a couple hiring a 15 year old to kill someone over facebook drama, or a 15 year old murdering someone for 25$.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=OP]He was allegedly paid €20 by the pair to carry out the killing; [B]when he hesitated he was told that they would kill him instead if he did not go through with his side of the bargain.[/B][/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Sithramir;37342854] [quote] Trunk Monkay posted: Not sure whats more sickening, a couple hiring a 15 year old to kill someone over facebook drama, or a 15 year old murdering someone for 25$. [/quote] [quote]OP posted: He was allegedly paid €20 by the pair to carry out the killing; when he hesitated he was told that they would kill him instead if he did not go through with his side of the bargain.[/quote][/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Trunk Monkay;37342231]Probably bullshit, and it's not like he couldn't have gone to the police.[/QUOTE]

Disgusting on the couple's part, quite disgusting on the murderer's part, but very dumb as well. Whatever, I guess this is what happens over there. No just kidding but I am honestly confused what could compel you to want a former friend murdered, or anyone for that matter