Basketball Coach Convicted for Making Video Recordings in Locker Room

Over a period of approximately two years, the suspect made film recordings on multiple occasions of (naked) minor boys in the locker room of the basketball club where he was active as a coach and youth trainer. He hid a phone in his coat which he hung on a coat rack in the boys locker room, with the camera pointed through a hole in the coat towards the showers. The suspect had an app on his phone that allowed recordings to be made without the phones screen being on. This way, he could make video recordings of minor boys estimated to be between 10 and 15 years old, who were (partly) naked in that locker room and standing under the showers.
Additionally, the suspect has been guilty over a period of about twelve years of downloading and possessing a large quantity of child pornographic photos. 

The suspect has grossly violated the privacy of young boys with his behavior. He filmed them in an environment where they were vulnerable and should have felt safe and unobserved. He also seriously abused the trust that the boys, their parents, and the club had in him. By downloading and possessing child pornography, the suspect contributed to maintaining the demand for child pornography. Here too, the suspect was driven by his own sexual desires and did not sufficiently consider the consequences for the children abused in the making of child pornography. The suspect had previously been convicted for possession of child pornography. Because he was thus a warned man, the court finds all this even more serious.

In determining the sentence, the court also considers that he has been open and fully cooperated with various treatments. It also plays a role that he has been excluded for life from the basketball community where he did a lot, although he has only himself to blame for that. The court follows the advice of the probation service to continue the treatments and not to send the suspect back to prison. The suspect receives a prison sentence of 180 days, of which 177 days are conditional. The conditions he must comply with include a reporting obligation, mandatory treatment, obligation to maintain daily activities, a location ban for the basketball club, and obligations to avoid contact with minors. The suspects internet use will also be monitored. The mandatory contact with the probation service and these conditions are intended to ensure that he does not reoffend. Additionally, he receives 180 hours of community service.