US EditionTrial Begins for Dutch Man Who Beheaded His Mother in Hellevoetsluis
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According to the authorities, the suspect suffered from delusions and beheaded his mother with an axe last year.
Trial begins for Dutch man who beheaded his mother in Hellevoetsluis
Jesse R., 32, is on trial for the April 16 murder of his 63-year-old mother in her Hellevoetsluis home, in which he decapitated her with an axe. Prosecutors have sought involuntary psychiatric treatment (TBS with compulsory care), stating he was legally insane at the time of the crime.
It's (probably) not true, and it's also very sad, but Jesse Russeler, who beheaded his own mother with an axe, believed he'd been trained by Princess Beatrix to murder people. He played Clue with her, and Beatrix said he only needed a location and a murder weapon (all to save the Royal Family). Once in prison, Jesse still believed Beatrix would save him, but that didn't happen. "It wasn't until seven months later, after I was put on new medicati…
The Public Prosecution Service on Thursday requested compulsory psychiatric treatment for 32-year-old Jesse R. for the beheading of his mother on April 16 of last year in her home on Molenstraat in Hellevoetsluis. According to the Public Prosecution Service, R. is completely insane and the court should acquit him of the charges.
In a psychotic episode, Jesse R. murdered his mother, 63-year-old Alia from Hellevoetsluis, last April. He panicked and believed the Royal Family could save him, he said Thursday in the Dordrecht court. The Public Prosecution Service did not demand a prison sentence, but only compulsory psychiatric treatment.
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