Three frontmen of the banned motorcycle club No Surrender have been sentenced on appeal again to years in prison for leading a criminal organization. They were also found guilty of extortion and theft with violence.

Former captain Henk Kuipers received the highest penalty again: 8.5 years. That is lower than the ten years he received from the court, but according to the court it amounts to the same in practice, because the rules for early release have changed in the meantime. Now convicts can be released up to two years before the end of their prison sentence, that was after previously after serving two-thirds.

Founder Klaas Otto has to go to jail for three years, as does ‘captain’ Rico R., the ANP reports. A fourth No Surrender member was given a 30-month sentence, 20 of which were suspended.

An entrepreneur was also charged. He enlisted Kuipers’ help in extorting business relations and was sentenced to 22 months in prison, 15 of which were conditional.