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Driekus K. Previously Attempted to Murder Another Ex: He Fired Eight Bullets at Her in the Presence of Their Son

Summary by Algemeen Dagblad
Driekus K., suspected of shooting his 39-year-old ex-wife Joeweela to death in Gouda, was sentenced to thirteen years in prison in 2009 for the attempted murder of another ex-wife. This is according to a ruling by the East Brabant court, which De Telegraaf reported earlier on Wednesday.

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She was staying with her children in a women's shelter in Gouda. The 39-year-old woman from Eindhoven was shot dead by her ex-partner, Driekus K., in front of their children on Tuesday. The more than one thousand spaces in these shelters are intended to provide safe shelter primarily for women and children. Yet, they offer no guarantees. "Of course this affects us," says director Hanneke Bakker of the Blijf Groep in Amsterdam: "It affects our st…

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Murder case: The man was sentenced to thirteen years in prison in 2009. On Tuesday, a 39-year-old woman was shot dead in Gouda. The suspect in the…

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53-year-old Driekus K., who allegedly shot his ex-wife Joeweela (39) dead in Gouda on Tuesday afternoon in front of their two children, appears to have a violent past. The Eindhoven native was sentenced to 13 years in prison in 2009 for the attempted murder of another ex-girlfriend a year earlier. Driekus K. fired a total of eight bullets at her, in front of her son. The woman barely survived.

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Driekus K., suspected of shooting his 39-year-old ex-wife Joeweela to death in Gouda, was sentenced to thirteen years in prison in 2009 for the attempted murder of another ex-wife. This is according to a ruling by the East Brabant court, which De Telegraaf reported earlier on Wednesday.

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A 39-year-old woman was shot and killed by her ex-partner in Gouda, the Netherlands, in front of her two children. Prosecutors confirmed that the woman had filed a police report against her attacker in June for physical abuse and possession of a weapon. The man, identified as 53-year-old Driekus K., later took his own life in the dunes of Scheveningen. Dutch media reported that K. had served a 13-year prison sentence for attempting to kill anoth…

Driekus K., who allegedly shot his 39-year-old ex-wife in Gouda on Tuesday and later committed suicide, recently spent two weeks in custody for weapons possession. He was released, however, because the court found no compelling reasons to detain the Eindhoven resident any longer. "It's a closed procedure with the information available at the time. So at that time, it was only about the weapon," press judge Cristiaan Mandemakers told NOS. "Unless…

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Algemeen Dagblad broke the news in Amersfoort, Netherlands on Wednesday, July 16, 2025.
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