12/01/2007
ORANJESTAD(AAN)—Yesterday, the judge-commissioner denied the request to prolong the detention of the Kalpoe brothers.
They are suspected, along with the third suspect Joran v.d. Sloot, in the death of Natalee Holloway, or in any case, of mistreatment which brought about her death. The Public Ministry requested their detention prolonged.
The Judge-commissioner decided that the current criminal file against the suspects, in which new proof had been added recently, has enough substance to have serious objections against them, but only for actions that according to the law does not allow for preventive detention, namely destruction of clues of a crime and or disposal of a body.
The penalty that can be imposed for such crimes is not sufficient to be able to use preventive detention.
The decision of the judge-commissioner can be appealed within 3 days. During the coming days, the Public Ministry will consider this possibility.
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