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A BELGIAN COURT has rejected a request by notorious child sex killer Marc Dutroux for early release from prison, bringing relief to the families of his victims.
Belgium’s “most hated man” wanted to serve out the rest of his sentence under electronic surveillance, after being jailed for life in 2004 for the kidnap and rape between June 1995 and August 1996 of six young and teenage girls, four of whom died.
Dutroux’s request had horrified Belgium, reviving painful memories of its worst criminal case which put paedophilia firmly on the map, to the country’s evident shame and deep unease.
“There are no grounds on which to base a [release] under surveillance by electronic bracelet,” the court said, citing the “absence of any prospect that Dutroux” could be reintegrated into society.
Earlier this month Dutroux, 56, had asked a special court that he be released and placed under house arrest with an electronic tag to keep track of his movements.
The court reviewed psychiatric, prison and judicial reports about the former electrician who had claimed that he could find work as either a plumber or floor-layer.
The reports said this was not a realistic possibility, adding that where he would live was uncertain while there was also a risk that he might commit fresh crimes or harass his victims or their families.
The court said the key issue was that Dutroux had not made clear where “he planned to go, nor how he would find a place to live” and on that basis alone, the request was rejected.
His mother, who no longer has any contact with her son, insisted that he should not be released at any cost.
“I have not the slightest desire to see him free. He is a recidivist at heart and has proved that all his life,” she told Le Soir Magazine in an interview.
“Marc is not ready to be freed because he still wants to make other people take responsibility for his actions. I am certain that he would start over again. He has no sense of reality,” she said.
Dutroux had even said “that he was going to kill her and his father, so as to get his inheritance quicker”, she added.
The lawyer for one of the families whose lives were blighted by Dutroux said the outcome meant there was practically no chance now that he would be released “at least in the next few years.”
“I am relieved at the outcome,” said a father of one of Dutroux’s victims.
Dutroux’s approach to the courts followed a successful appeal in August by his wife and accomplice, Michelle Martin, whose release from prison to a convent in central Belgium caused an uproar.
The 52-year-old former schoolteacher, who herself is mother of three of Dutroux’s own children, was granted release on parole after serving barely half of a 30-year sentence.
Martin was found guilty of helping Dutroux hold his victims prisoner and of complicity in the deaths of two eight-year-olds, found starved to death in a locked cellar.
Dutroux was arrested in August 1996 after a 14-year-old went missing. She was found alive two days later along with a girl of 12, cowering in the basement of one of his homes.
The case then took a gruesome turn when the bodies of the two eight-year-olds were found buried in the garden of his main residence. Less than a month later, the bodies of two more girls were found in another property owned by Dutroux.
Public shock turned to fury when it emerged not only that police had missed a string of clues but that Dutroux had been released from jail in 1992 after serving just three years of a 13-year sentence for the abduction and rape of five girls.
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Dirty b#stard should be chemically castrated and sentenced to a life time of hard labour.
Too good for him Ted…feed to hungry pigs I’d say..
Here we would have let him go while he appealed his conviction, which would have been half that of his actual one with 70% suspended. He would have also been released early for good behavior.
No we wouldn’t.
Life has to mean life for an evil beast like him. Whoever released him in ’92 after just 3 years for abducting and raping those other girls should be behind bars too.
Disgraceful that he has the nerve to seek an early release. Sicko
This type of individual is the worst of the worst. He needs to be kept under lock & key & studied in a bid to learn more about his kind. To allow him apply for parole makes a mockery of justice & insults the victims memories.
Guillotine the freak! Or at least his genitalia. I’m against capital punishment but firmly support the idea of a no nonsense approach when punishing those involved in sex crimes, especially against children. Rape Should be grounds for castration-zero tolerance.., period!
And cortorise his wound with a blow torch!
I’d be surprised if he’s not hunted for after release anyway. If I was the parent I’d go to hell and back to get him.
And what purpose would that serve?
Satisfaction
Go watch a Tarantino film you ape. Every time one of these stories appears you get the internet hardmen trying to outdo each other with stuff they would do to a sex offender. Funnily enough in real life the relatives of victims are markedly more restrained and dignified.
I don’t believe that we should destroy all paedophiles at birth like some others seem to do
But there are cases like this one, where it would be a sick joke to ever let them out of prison
How do you know that someone is going to be a paedophile at birth may I ask?
Give him the electronic bracelet.
Then run 50,000 volts through it.
In Brussels Airport with my young children in 1995, I picked up a double photo of the abducted girls asking travellers to look out in their own countries. A few weeks later Dutroux was arrested and the bodies were found. I often look at the photo and still feel a sense of upset knowing, when I picked it up, they were alive, suffering such an unthinkable ordeal and facing an horrific death, while my children are now living adult lives.
The sickest thing here is that this appeal was even entertained in the first place. They reject this appeal because he was not clear enough about where he would live?? How about they reject it because he’s an animal who should spend the rest of his life in a filthy hole? There is a lot wrong with a “justice” system that would even think about releasing such a person
Can’t understand the red thumbs here. This person should be exterminated like vermin
I disagree. I think death is an easy way out for someone like this. He should remain in prison for the rest of his days. A person like him doesn’t even deserve the option of rehabilitation.
If you read up on the case, you’ll see that Belgium is rotten. There’s plenty of politicians and police involved, in the worst sense.
Be warned, it’s not light reading.
According to Dutroux anyway, abut sure he wouldn’t be lying about that would he… The two surviving girls testified that they only ever saw Dutroux when they were imprisoned.
According to Dutroux anyway, but sure he wouldn’t be lying about that would he… The two surviving girls testified that they only ever saw Dutroux when they were imprisoned.
I’m talking about a paedophile ring. Those poor girls were kept in a basement, out of sight. Usually I like to have links to back up my comments, but I don’t want to go reading up on the case again, as it’s as shocking, depraved and depressing as stories get.
I don’t know why anyone would say, “ah sure we caught them two, let’s leave it at that!” They ALL need to be caught and locked up.
You obviously misunderstand me; what I’m saying is that despite the fact that Dutroux claimed there was this huge paedophile ring no evidence was ever found, Dutroux has always enjoyed his notoriety and the attention he got. Despite loads of media attention ( the Belgian Press referred to this alleged ring as The Pink Ballets )and and police investigation, no proof was found and no one was arrested
@Kevin
I know the exact link you’re referring to. I began reading this one weekend and I had to stop half way through simply because I have never come across anything so unbelievably shocking and disturbing in my life! Hollywood horrors pale in comparison to what was compiled in the report. I actually started to get depressed and very down while reading it.
One thing for sure is that Dutroux was just s foot soldier/procurer for a most perverse and downright evil bunch of people.
If it was my kids. Well…….has anyone seen Law Abiding Citizen?
Watched a documentary on this abomination and It suggested that some high level people were in involved in covering up his crimes for some time.
A Police officer didn’t search his house completely and “missed” the basement which was added and that held the poor Girls who this Monster has held captive.
People like Dutroux should never be released.
Some people can’t be reformed and will always be a risk to society.
If you got rid of his arms and legs he wouldn’t be a risk.
Let him rott in there
Such a grisly case, so sad
Cut his b@lls off
Released in1992 after only serving 3 years for abducting and raping 5 young girls?? What sort of warped system of justice let him walk out the door!!!
Such a grisly case, rip
Now then now then
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