Prosecutor Develing Convicted on Hit and Run --- Sent Letter of Resignation to Attorney General.

Philipsburg:--- Prosecutor Jan Bart Develing surely did not have a good day in court on Wednesday when he appeared before judge H.H.M Van der Leur to answer charges of hit and run. Judge van der Leur ruled immediately after hearing the arguments that Develing is guilty as charged and sentenced him to pay a fine of Naf750.00 rather than sending him away as requested by prosecutor Angela Leomar.
Prosecutor Develing notified the court that he had already submitted a letter of resignation to the attorney general at the end of September. Develing also admitted to the hit and run charges but said he felt that he was under attack by some robbers. Prosecutor Leomar told the court that if the suspect Develing had only taken the time to look at the vehicle he slammed into he would have seen that it was a man and woman in the vehicle and not a bunch of gangsters as he presumed.
Develing was involved in the accident on August 28th. He was arrested shortly after the accident and taken to the Philipsburg Police Station where he was kept for more than five hours. The investigating report was sent to Aruba for analyzing before being sent to Curacao where the decision was taken to prosecute Develing. Develing was sent on leave a few days after the accident occurred pending the outcome of the investigation and court case.