Antwerp In the so-called fitnessmoord get the shooter Tom K., a term of imprisonment of 15 years, Sven V. gets 62 months in prison, Leander W. 30 months in prison. In the first instance was the shooter six years, Sven V. was given 12 months, Leander W. received a total of 20 months.
On August 15, 2016 wild West-Flemish ‘Kartel 13’, consisting of Tom K. and Leander W. from Moorslede and Sven V. in Menen, a kilogram of weed to sell to three inhabitants of antwerp. In Dadizele ran it out of hand. The three West-Flemish people were suspicious, and took two loaded weapons. When the 20-year-old Elias Keegan with a matrak began to sway, pulled Tom K. the firearm and fired. Elias was struck. Both the ‘Cartel 13’ if the two Antwerp companions of the victim fled, without help, to call. Kristiaan Vandenbuscche, the lawyer of the shooter Tom K., early on in appeal the acquittal on grounds of legitimate self-defence. “When Tom that click of the matrak heard, he thought that he was going to be shot. Therefore, he shot in the direction of the ‘click’.” Legitimate self-defence, therefore, according to Vandenbussche. “He has the self-control lost, he is not a robot.”
In the first instance was the shooter a prison sentence of six years, Sven V. was given 12 months, Leander W. received a total of 20 months. On appeal, the court found that it was not legitimate self-defence or provocation to commit. The three of them got harsher sentences. The shooter, Tom K., was given a prison term of 15 years: 12 years for manslaughter and 40 months in prison for the drugsfeiten. His friend, Sven V. gets 50 months in prison as the leader of a criminal organization and 12 months for a prohibited carrying firearms, Leander W 30 months in prison.
