GUILTY Netherlands - Dutch family living in basement 9 yrs, Ruinerwold, Drenthe Province, 15 October 2019

[bleuboy]

i normally have a definite opinion on someones guilt or innocence in cases i follow but this case has given me mixed feelings since the very start. I am leaning more to thinking Josef B. should not be blamed for this. I agree he was involved with the hanging up of the older man because he should have gone to authorities if he knew that man was in danger. I think the person to blame for this is the father and because they cannot convict him they want justice by convicting Josef b.
I think Josef B was as much under the spell of the father as the children was. I hope all these children can heal.

 

[Rikissa]

Here's an article with one of the sons in the family, from October 2021.
Translated into English with Google Translate:

Zoon Edino openhartig over misbruik in spookgezin Ruinerwold: 'Was bang dat mensen het niet zouden begrijpen'

An other son, from October 2024:

Hoe gaat het vijf jaar na hun bevrijding met de kinderen van Ruinerwold? | Panorama

Wanneer Israel vijf jaar geleden een café in Ruinerwold binnenstormt, wordt de familie in één klap wereldnieuws. Hoe gaat het nu eigenlijk met de gezinsleden, die jarenlang door hun vader werden geterroriseerd?

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On 19 June 2023 Josef B. accepted his conviction, and had served his sentence.

Josef B. legt zich bij straf neer, zaak Ruinerwold ten einde

De klusjesman van Ruinerwold is veroordeeld tot drie jaar cel. Hij ligt zich nu bij de uitspraak van de rechtbank in Assen neer.

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