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Gino (9) fought for his life with Donny M., who abused and murdereded him: 'Gets a kick out of other people's suffering'
MAASTRICHT -
The last hours of 9-year-old Gino van Straeten's life must have been hell. That emerged on Wednesday during the first hearing in the criminal case against the man who has confessed to killing the child. Donny M. (22) gets a kick out of other people's suffering, and that proved fatal for Gino on 1 June this year.
Donny M. has admitted to kidnapping Gino on 1 June from a football pitch where the child was playing. He took him to his home in Geleen, fed him xtc and kamagra - a type of Viagra - and abused him. He then smothered Gino with a pillow and possibly strangled him as well.
There are signs that Donny M. also pushed the child's head under water. Therefore, the cause of death is not yet 100 per cent certain. It could be suffocation, strangulation, but also drowning.
Whatever it may have been, Donny M. does admit that he killed Gino. "That's right," he answered all questions about it from the president of the court.
Gino's mother became overwhelmed. She shouted at Donny M., pointed to her son's picture on her t-shirt and called him a "monster". When she collapsed and could not be calmed down, the court decided to briefly adjourn the case to calm everyone down. The mother was led out of the courtroom, supported by prosecutor's police, and decided to go home.
According to the prosecution, Donny M. has not yet shown the back of his tongue [told everything]. For instance, he admitted only last Wednesday that he sexually abused Gino. The prosecutor said he is giving varying statements, and seems to be aligning his confessions with the findings of the investigation in the case file. He is being prosecuted for murder, kidnapping and sexual abuse of the boy. And additionally for possessing and making child *advertiser censored*. A video was found in his possession of a sleeping child with whom he committed lewd acts. That child was traced and has filed charges. Donny M.: "What has happened and what I have done is horrible.
Gino must have been fighting for his life, investigations show. For example, Donny M. is said to have stated that he wrapped a towel around his arm as the boy bit him. And it was also told that an initial attempt to choke Gino with a pillow in the bathroom failed. Gino screamed, after which Donny M. turned on music on his JBL speaker, and once again pressed the pillow on his face. Until Gino stopped moving and stopped screaming.
Donny M. searched for information on "choking with a pillow" on the internet at 9.30pm. Gino had been in his home for two hours by then and from pressure marks on his neck and bruises on his flank, it is clear that much more had taken place, about which Donny M. has not told anything to date.
The prosecution believes Donny M. also tried to strangle Gino, pushing him underwater with his head. He did the same to a dog before, "because he kicked at the suffering" of others and animals, the prosecution said.
According to Donny M., the child's watery stomach contents were caused by drinking several glasses of water to wash away the xtc and kamagra. Gino also allegedly showered, and Donny M. cleaned his body.
After Gino died, Donny M. packed the body in rubbish bags and hid it under a shed behind a burnt-out house near his own home. There, Gino was found three days later on his indications.
Because the prosecution believes Donny M. is far from confessing everything, the officer asked for the investigation into his mental capacity to be postponed. The prosecution fears that otherwise the investigation will take place on the basis of incorrect facts and get off to a false start. "We see worrying clues in the file for a different course of events than he now admits. A course of events that indicates a different personality."
Lawyer Sjanneke de Crom and also the court did not think this was a good plan. According to De Crom, Donny M. "is a vulnerable suspect", and she is concerned about his mental state. His memories are still fresh now, De Crom said, and M. is keen to disclose. She fears he may "clam up" if the investigation into his mental capacity is delayed.
The court appeared to agree with her and decided that Donny M. will go to the Pieter Baan Centre for examination on 17 October. There will be another pro forma hearing on 5 December. It is not yet known when the hearing in substance will be.
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