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[–] Guntrigger@sopuli.xyz -5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I mean that is the idea of rehabilitation, yeah. I don't know where you are getting "under a month" from. He was in prison for 13 months and was released on parole, which would probably also include some rehabilitation activities.

[–] match@pawb.social 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Apologies, I had read a source on lemmy saying he'd served 12 months of his sentence in England before being transferred back to the Netherlands, but I can't confirm it at this time.

edit: Forbes and New York Times say he served a year in Britain and then had his sentence reduced upon repatriation.

And I know Britain didn't prioritize his rehabilitation in any way.

[–] Guntrigger@sopuli.xyz 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's a very interesting piece of information actually, I didn't see that anywhere else. Implies they didn't agree with the UK verdict in the first place.

[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Implies they didn't agree with the UK verdict in the first place.

Yep, hence everyone being upset that a child rapist was given a slap on the hand by their government and allowed to go to the Olympics. Makes the dutch look super fucking bad overall.

"Hey, he was convicted in another country, according to their laws on rape charges, but he's really good at slapping a ball in the sand, so we're just gonna pretend that whole "rape" thing never happened..."

Yeah, that's a good look.