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Man Suspected of Online Abuse of 245 Girls Says Victims Felt Like Part of Fantasy World

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Bas P., a 40-year-old man from Herten in Limburg suspected of abusing 245 underage girls online, told the District Court in Rotterdam on Wednesday that he had struggled to distinguish between the virtual world of a computer game and reality. He said he had partly developed the game himself and failed to fully recognize that the people he interacted with were real. “For me, they were two separate worlds: a digital fantasy world and the real world…

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The Public Prosecution Service has demanded a 12-year prison sentence and compulsory psychiatric treatment against a man for the online abuse of at least 245 girls. 41-year-old Bas P. from Herten in Limburg came to the attention of law enforcement agencies last year following a tip from America. According to the Public Prosecution Service, P. shared images of the abuse of underage girls for years on a forum on the dark web, a closed section of …

·Hilversum, Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
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The suspect who allegedly sexually abused 245 girls online via a computer game is on trial in Rotterdam this week. Two of them made...

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40-year-old Bas P. from Herten in Limburg, who is suspected of online abuse of 245 underage girls, says that while playing a computer game he partially developed himself, he did not sufficiently realize that he was dealing with "real people." "To me, they were two different worlds: a digital fantasy world and a real world," he declared on Wednesday at the court in Rotterdam.

·Apeldoorn, Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
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ROTTERDAM (ANP) - 40-year-old Bas P. from Herten in Limburg, who is suspected of online abuse of 245 underage girls, says that while playing a computer game he partly developed himself, he did not sufficiently realize that he was dealing with "real people." "To me, they were two different..."

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Nieuws.nl broke the news on Wednesday, November 11, 2026.
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