Chief Prosecutor Hans Mos said H.N. will also be prosecuted for the murder committed on St. Maarten in 2001. He said the co-suspect was sentenced to 13 years imprisonment for his role in the 2001 murder but H.N. could not be found and as such his name was placed on the Interpol list as a wanted person on St. Maarten. Mos also indicated that the co-suspect was shot to death last year after he was released from the Pointe Blanche Prison.
Mos said the prosecutor's office in Rotterdam requested the files of the 2001 murder case and it was safely handed over to them. Rotterdam's prosecutor already decided that they will prosecute H.N. for both murder cases. The one committed on St. Maarten in 2001 and the one committed in Rotterdam in April 2011.
The 34 year old suspect (H.N.) mentioned in the Dutch press release, who was arrested fled the island back in 2001 and police were never able to arrest him.
"The prosecutor in Rotterdam found out that H.N. was on an Interpol signaling list on behalf of Sint Maarten, in order to have him extradited to Sint Maarten. After H.N. was arrested in Rotterdam, the Rotterdam prosecutor contacted the Sint Maarten Prosecutor's Office and asked for the murder case of 2001. After having established that the suspect in both cases was one and the same, the original Police file was taken from Police archives and through the Prosecutor's Office formally handed over to the Rotterdam Prosecutor. They now have decided to prosecute H.N. for the 2001 murder case too," the release states.
Mos expressed gratitude to the Interpol and the fact that the Dutch police checked for all relevant information on the suspect they have in custody. He said the relatives of the deceased L. Carruthers have been informed about the recent developments.
