Emotional blackmailer family De Mol stays in cell – AD.nl

By Sanne Riepema & amp; Victor Schildkamp
3-3-15 – 14:17

Update The 70-year-old who is Dirk M. suspected of extorting and threatening John de Mol and the family of his sister Linda de Mol, remains in custody. Has determined that the court in Utrecht today. His lawyer Paul Emmelot had requested suspension of the detention of his client. According to him, pulls M. is not in jail. ,, He is now ten pounds lighter and has problems with his legs. ”

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Also, would Mr. suffer from psychological complaints, like his wife of 73 years and his grandchild, who is currently under treatment by a psychologist.

The judges found that the public interest takes precedence over the personal interest of Mr. Therefore, he must remain behind bars until at least the next session on 19 May. Then again, check whether he should remain in custody. June 18 is scheduled the trial of the criminal case against Mr.

The prosecution opposed the requested release. M. is a year continued to extort and threaten after major media attention. ,, That tenacity causes us great concern. The chance of recurrence if he is released, is great, ” concluded the plaintiffs.

Threatening letters
The man from Zeist was arrested December 3 and is since then in the cell . M. terrorized the Prosecution over a year the families of John and Linda de Mol. He did so with threatening letters which he claimed 5 million

It said the following:. ,, The plan is not cheap. The cost is 5 million in cash to meet … For you this amount is a futility. Partly for this reason we have also ended up with you. Bet your sister Linda or her children. ”

Emotional
courtroom burst Dirk M. crying. ,, I’m terribly sorry for the family De Mol and my own family. I do not know how to do this properly. It is all very much. I wish that I could turn back, but I can not, ” he asserts.

M. has confessed that he sent several threatening letters and demanded money from John de Mol. He never received money from the family De Mol.

According Emmelot Dirk M. was not driven by debt. Himself explained his client it as a kind of game. Emmelot: ,, Nobody had expected this from him ”

M.. has not contacted the family De Mol. Any later he wants to do that, says his lawyer. ,, But that is not yet on the agenda. ”

Reporter Victor Schildkamp did report via Twitter from the courtroom