Although it is not the final report and there is still no decision taken as to who will be prosecuted
Prosecutor handed over to the Court report related to the investigation into Joran van der Sloot
Bon Dia Aruba
4/4/2006

ORANJESTAD – Yesterday, chief prosecutor Janssen went to the court building to deliver to the clerk a report related to the criminal investigation that the Holloway investigative team conducted on Joran van der Sloot.

NOT A FINAL REPORT

An investigation conducted by Bon Dia Aruba shows that the report that mr. Janssen delivered to the court clerk is not the final report of the criminal investigation. Since there are still investigations taking place, it is difficult for mr. Janssen to comply with the verdict of the Curaçao judge in the case of damages for prejudice that mr. Paul van der Sloot started against the government.

This is how last moth, the judge, in his interim verdict, instructed chief prosecutor mr. Janssen to hand over the procesverbaal dealing with the criminal investigation into Joran van der Sloot, at the latest on the 3 of April. The reason the judge instructed mr. Janssen to hand over the procesverbaal was on the basis of mr. Janssen’s own statements during the case proceedings. The judge, in his verdict, showed that mr. Janssen said that in March 2005 [sic 2006?] the procesverbaal on the investigation on the Holloway case will be closed and also that the Public Prosecutor will take a decision whether they will prosecute people or not.

NO DECISION TO PROSECUTE

An investigation conducted by Bon Dia Aruba shoes that chief prosecutor mr. Janssen handed over the report related to the criminal investigation, but still has not taken a decision whether she will prosecute the suspects or not. This is due to the situation that still the investigation hasn’t been closed and still the final report is not closed.

Now that the report has been delivered, mr. Swaen, who is the attorney of the van der Sloot family in this case, will have to react to the report and has to hand over this reaction by April 17, at the latest. The judge will analyze these and on the 1st of May he will hand over the verdict.

Given the fact that mr. Janssen did not completely comply with the judge’s instructions, it is not known what will be the judge’s reaction. There are two possibilities. Prosecutor mr. Janssen will notify the judge about the situation and the judge will decide according to this report or the judge will say that the report is not sufficient and wants mr. Janssen to comply with what he instructed.

Time will tell what will happen. The fact is that chief prosecutor mr. Janssen handed over a report related to the criminal investigation into Joran van der Sloot.