Weski saw her entitlement to a fair trial of ‘large -scale’ violated

Inez Weski (70 years old), former lawyer and now the suspect of participating in the criminal drug organization of Ridouan Taghi for two years now, had a substantial list of requests submitted to the court in Rotterdam on Thursday. She is looking for evidence to be able to demonstrate that the ‘real villains’ in this case work at the Public Prosecution Service.

In an hours of argument, the three lawyers who assist Weski-Geert-Jan Knoops, Carry Knoops and Susanne Boersma-asked the court to organize an unusual business trip. A fireplace. Weski, who, because of her weak health, skips the public criminal sessions so far, is willing to tour the magistrates at the atomic bunker in Soesterberg, where she was locked up for nine days after her arrest in 2023. Weski wants to show how bad she was treated there. According to Geert-Jan Knoops, the circumstances of her detention, such as sleep deprivation by burning light in the cell, even amount to a form of ‘torture without touch’.

The defense also wants a further study into the investigation that the Justice and Security Inspectorate carried out in recent months into the detention of Weski. It yielded a secret report so far. The inspection only announced that the former lawyer was held in an unlawful place, but also states that there was a lot of attention for its ‘well -being and safety’ in that illegal place. A large number of officials also need to be heard who were involved in the criminal case against Weski, and the defense still wants to receive many documents.

‘Extremely low sugar values’

At the beginning of this week, three days before the second directing session, it was announced that Weski according to research The inspection after its arrest was locked up at « a secret location of the Judicial Institutions Department that was not in accordance with the law ». It is the ultimate evidence for her lawyers that the Public Prosecution Service has lost the right to prosecution of Weski due to unlawful action. The OM must be declared inadmissible in the prosecution.

According to Carry Knoops, it can already be concluded « that the Public Prosecution Service has apparently intentionally and structurally far beyond the applicable national and international law ». According to the lawyer, the OM has been guilty of « abuse of power » and « unlawful actions should not create justice. »

According to lawyer Geert-Jan Knoops, the right to a fair trial has also been violated by the way in which Weski’s detention went. During the first days of her prisoner, according to Knoops, there has been twice a « life -threatening situation due to extremely low sugar values ».

Collect evidence

The defense does not ask the court to pull the plug out of the trial. Further investigation must first be done in order to be able to collect even more evidence that shows that Weski must be left alone with rest due to large -scale violation of procedural rules.

Yesterday, the lawyers reported to the College of Procurators General of the illegal depreciation of Weski, as well as the systematic and large-scale violations of the confidentiality rights she had as a lawyer.

All requests from the defense mean that two years after Weski’s arrest, the substantive treatment of the criminal case could still not be started. The only evidence that emerged at an earlier session concerns the communication that would have been between Weski and the eldest son of Ridouan Taghi. The OM announced in January to prove that Weski and the eldest son of Ridouan Taghi have changed around 8,000 messages. The messages were sent with a Cryptot phone from SKY ECC. Weski was also in possession of a Sky telephone with which she could secretly communicate. Taghi’s son had stored all the messages in a digital safe that was squatted in 2022.

‘Bad framing’

According to Weski’s lawyers, those allegations are incorrect. Further investigation must also be done into the reliability and origin of this message traffic, according to the lawyers.

Public Prosecutor Jirko Patist rejected the allegations of Weski’s lawyers. He spoke of « bad framing. » The prosecutor is displeased with the suggestion « that we were after the death of Weski. « The way of detention at the special location aimed to guarantee the safety of Weski. There was a predictable threat. »

The OM’s allegations of torture also find the OM inappropriate. The light in her cell also continued to burn at night because her sister and office colleague Miriam had announced that he was fearing Weski’s suicide. The suspect had to be monitored. The OM was worried.

The OM is of the opinion that all research wishes of the defense can be rejected. Almost all of them have been discussed in private council chamber sessions before. The court will rule on the investigation wishes on 22 May.

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