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Rotterdam Medical Student Who Killed 3 Is Mentally Ill and Not Culpable, Lawyer Argues

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Fouad L., known as the “Erasmus shooter,” does not belong in prison but should receive treatment, according to his lawyer, Theo Hiddema. The court in Rotterdam sentenced L. to life in prison in February. According to Hiddema, the court “artificially reasoned” its way to that sentence in its ruling. The lawyer said this on Wednesday at the Court of Appeal in The Hague, where the first preliminary hearing of L.'s case on appeal took place.

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Fouad L., known as the Erasmus shooter, does not belong in prison but must receive treatment. This is the opinion of his lawyer, Theo Hiddema. The Rotterdam court sentenced L. to life imprisonment in February. According to Hiddema, the court's verdict was "artificially reasoned" toward that sentence. His lawyer made this statement Wednesday at the Court of Appeal in The Hague, where an initial preliminary hearing in L.'s appeal took place.

·Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Erasmus shooter Fouad Lakhlili, who shot three people because he's a complete idiot, has a new lawyer: THEO HIDDEMA. Fouad is already serving a life sentence, but approached FVD member and Twitter phenomenon Hiddema to take on the appeal defense. Fouad previously claimed to be a member of FVD, after which the party stated it wanted "absolutely nothing to do" with the killer. "Hiddema stated that he wants to attend all hearings as a 'therapeutic …

Fouad L., who became known as the Erasmus shooter, does not belong in prison but must receive treatment. This is the opinion of his lawyer, Theo Hiddema. The court in Rotterdam sentenced L. to life imprisonment in February. According to Hiddema, the court's verdict was "artificially reasoned" towards that sentence. His lawyer made this statement Wednesday at the Court of Appeal in The Hague, where an initial preliminary hearing in L.'s appeal to…

·Apeldoorn, Netherlands
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rd.nl broke the news in Apeldoorn, Netherlands on Wednesday, August 13, 2025.
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