The Holleeder trial entered a new phase with the first murder case that of his brother-in-law.

'Holleeder not behind murder of Cor van Hout'

His lawyer Janssen presented several scenarios in an extensive plea. With this plea, he wants to achieve that the court cancels Holleeder's pre-trial in the context of the murder case-Van Hout. That does not mean that Holleeder would be released; he is stuck on suspicion of multiple criminal settlements. The court works these cases in a process of many months each.

The Public Prosecution Service will respond to Janssens's plea on 26 June.

The Van Hout / Ter Haak file has a long history, also because there were attacks on Van Hout's life in 1996 and 2000. Police and justice have had suspicions in those cases, but they have remained formally unsolved. Janssen argued that the criminals Sam Klepper and John Mieremet were responsible for the attack in 1996. Klepper and Mieremet were liquidated in 2000 and 2005.

According to Janssen, the history is characterized by an "incredibly complicated interaction in the criminal environment. "The lawyer tried to draw a line in his plea. A large number of criminal names passed by.