The victim is hit in her intestines, fallopian tube, kidney, and leg muscle. She has experienced a lot of physical discomfort after the incident and still suffers from nerve pain daily due to the suspects actions. Not visible injuries, but injuries that are severely limiting.

The prosecutor states during the hearing that the victim has had to justify herself for what happened to her. Because it cannot be that someone does something like this without reason, without motive? Argument? Relationship? But it is precisely the fact that it happened without reason that creates an incredibly large feeling of fear.

The suspect was untraceable for a while after the incident, but thanks to the manhunt that took place, he turned himself in to the police just days later.

Investigations reveal that the suspect indulged in alcohol and substances during that period. This makes him more uninhibited and impulsive, as experts state. The suspect indicated that he carried a firearm because he had a large sum of money with him at that time. His (then ex-) partner had given him a large amount of cash during their divorce. Why he injured the victim out of nowhere with his firearm, he cannot say; he claims not to remember the incident. But the surveillance footage says more than words: the suspect acted calmly, deliberately, and without remorse.

If you, as a suspect, can so deliberately and without visible tension pull a weapon and pull the trigger, whereby the victim can count herself lucky that she can still exercise her right to speak today, if you, as a suspect, cannot answer why, if the victim suffers daily from nerve pain due to your actions, then the only appropriate punishment is a prison sentence.

The prosecutor takes into account the reduced accountability of the suspect, his criminal record, and the guidelines of the Public Prosecution Service in cases of attempted manslaughter when determining the sentence demand. She demands a prison sentence of nine years.