{"id":470130,"date":"2011-07-28T16:09:38","date_gmt":"2011-07-28T16:09:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/07\/28\/dutch-prosecutor-calls-for-stiff-jail-term-for-pirates\/"},"modified":"2011-07-28T16:09:38","modified_gmt":"2011-07-28T16:09:38","slug":"dutch-prosecutor-calls-for-stiff-jail-term-for-pirates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/28\/dutch-prosecutor-calls-for-stiff-jail-term-for-pirates\/","title":{"rendered":"Dutch Prosecutor Calls for Stiff Jail Term for Pirates"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"24.5791173305\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rnw.nl\/africa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/rnw180.png\" alt=\"Radio Netherlands Worldwide (Hilversum)\" title=\"Visit Radio Netherlands Worldwide (Hilversum)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Saskia Houttuin<\/p>\n<p>27 July 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>The Dutch Public prosecutor demands a sentence of 10 years for the skipper, 8 years for three of the suspects and 7 years for the fifth remaining suspect.<\/p>\n<p>The five Somali pirates appeared in Rotterdam court for seizing the South African yacht Choizil. They were stopped on the coast near Tanzania by the Dutch vessel &#8216;Amsterdam&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Although the suspects deny, two of the five suspects admitted they were on their way to hijack a boat, before they were stopped.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Dutch navy, the Somalis were in a small boat with 15 others, after they got off the seized yacht.<\/p>\n<p>Before the Marines reached them, it is thought the suspects may have thrown the weapons they were carrying overboard. The other fifteen occupants were released earlier due to lack of evidence.<\/p>\n<p>The captain of the Choizil was rescued, but two other crew members disappeared. The prosecuter believes the pirates took the crew with them on shore.<\/p>\n<p>The verdict is due on Friday, 12th August, 2011.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Read the original:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201107281208.html\" title=\"Dutch Prosecutor Calls for Stiff Jail Term for Pirates\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dutch Prosecutor Calls for Stiff Jail Term for Pirates<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Saskia Houttuin 27 July 2011 The Dutch Public prosecutor demands a sentence of 10 years for the skipper, 8 years for three of the suspects and 7 years for the fifth remaining suspect. The five Somali pirates appeared in Rotterdam court for seizing the South African yacht Choizil<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-470130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Dutch Prosecutor Calls for Stiff Jail Term for Pirates - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/28\/dutch-prosecutor-calls-for-stiff-jail-term-for-pirates\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Dutch Prosecutor Calls for Stiff Jail Term for Pirates - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Saskia Houttuin 27 July 2011 The Dutch Public prosecutor demands a sentence of 10 years for the skipper, 8 years for three of the suspects and 7 years for the fifth remaining suspect. 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