Fourth suspect remains arrested in file of degrading treatment in care institutions (Oudenaarde)

At the beginning of this week, the council chamber in Oudenaarde maintained the arrest of the brothers ND and MD The 21-year-old ZB, the girlfriend of pivotal figure NB, was allowed to go home with an ankle band. On Friday morning the fourth suspect, a 19-year-old friend, appeared before the council chamber. The foursome is suspected of making films of degrading treatments of residents in the De Branding care institution in Heule, the Woonzorgs Meerspoort in Oudenaarde, Mariahuis in Gavere and the Samaritan in Nukerke and in the AZ Oudenaarde and AZ Glorieux Ronse hospitals.

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Katrien van der Straeten, lawyer of the 19-year-old friend of the brothers D., did not want to say anything about the content of the file: « Because in this file a lot has already been said and written and because I think that in this serenity must be preserved, especially out of respect for the victims. My client is particularly affected, shows a lot and realizes that he has made an error. »

Master Van der Straeten asked for the release for her client under conditions, under conditions, an electronic supervision. « A long custody helps for the overcrowding in prisons. That is why it is desirable to consider alternatives, » she says.

The council chamber decided to keep the 19-year-old friend of the brothers in prison for another month.(PDV)