Advice to Supreme Court: Deventer murder case does not have to be repeated

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The convict Louwes' lawyer had asked for a review from the Supreme Court. He believes that research by the Amsterdam police cold case team has led to new facts and insights.

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There is no reason to repeat the much-discussed Deventer murder case. That advice was given to the Supreme Court on Tuesday, after a request to resubmit the lawsuit.

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The case involving the death of widow Jacqueline Wittenberg (60) in 1999, also known as the Deventer murder case, does not need to be reviewed by a court of law. This is what the Attorney General recommends to the Supreme Court. Her financial advisor Ernest Louwes was sentenced to twelve years in prison in the case.