Lucia’s TIME LINE
4 September 2001 |
8.00 hrs Nurse approaches superior – she is concerned about frequency of resuscitations during Lucia's shifts. It just cannot be coincidence… 16.00 hrs Contact with the police. |
5 September 2001 |
Police begin interviewing nursing staff and doctors. |
17 September 2001 |
Director Smits of Juliana Children's Hospital and Red Cross Hospital files official complaint with the police – 5 murders and 5 attempted murders. |
13 December 2001 |
Lucia is arrested and remanded in custody. |
24 March 2003 |
Court in the Hague sentences Lucia to life imprisonment for 5 murders and 2 attempted murders. |
18 June 2004 |
High Court of the Hague sentences Lucia to life on 7 counts of murder and 3 of attempted murder. Lucia also gets TBS (is made a ward of court with mandatory psychotherapy) – an instrument aimed at rehabilitation. |
14 March 2006 |
Court of Appeal refers case back to the Court of Amsterdam – judgement is upheld but point in law must be clarified – is TBS compatible with a life sentence? |
13 June 2006 |
Court of Amsterdam rules TBS is incompatible with life imprisonment. Amends sentence to just life. |
27 July 2006 |
Case is submitted to the Buruma Committee (assesses merit of referring case to Committee Evaluation Closed Criminal Cases – CEAS). |
18 October 2006 |
Board of Procurators General accepts Buruma Committee recommendation of further investigation in the case of Lucia de B. The Grimbergen triumvirate is set up to carry out the brief. It consists of M.S. Groenhuijsen (Professor of Criminal Law at Tilburg University), P. Vogelzang LL.M (former head of the Utrecht District police and other offices), J.W.M. Grimbergen LL.M (Assistant Procurator General with the Arnhem Office of the Public Prosecutor, Chairman). |
29 October 2007 |
Grimbergen Report recommends that Public Prosecutors initiate a request for judicial review and requests further investigation. |
29 October 2007 |
Public Prosecutor forwards request the same day to the Supreme Court Procurator General, who promises a response in two to three weeks. |
2 November 2007 |
Petition to reopen Lucia's case handed to the Dutch Minister of Justice and his Undersecretary. |
13 December 2007 |
Undersecretary Albayrak denies request temporarily to suspend Lucia's detention (on grounds of health). |
14 December 2007 |
Petition appears as advertisement in the NRC newspaper. |
5 January 2008 |
Light for Lucia torch procession at Nieuwersluis prison. |
14 January 2008 |
Undersecretary of Justice informs Parliament of her refusal temporarily to suspend Lucia's detention. |
15 January 2008 |
Lucia and her lawyer Ton Visser appeal the Undersecretary of Justice's decision. |
7 February 2008 |
Theatre play "Lucy, a monster trial" premieres in Amsterdam. |
2 April 2008 |
Attorney General of the Supreme Court, G. Knigge LL.M presents the Board of Procurators General his enquiry, which draws the conclusion that the argumentation to prove digoxin poisoning is untenable. The Minister of Justice grants Lucia temporary suspension of her sentence for three months. In the morning Lucia leaves Nieuwersluis prison – after more than six years of detention. |
17 June 2008 |
Attorney General Knigge presents his official demand for revision to the Supreme Court. |
7 October 2008 |
The Supreme Court decides to reopen Lucia's case and refers it to the Court in Arnhem. |
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