Translated from Dutch
The 40-year-old Rogier H., who is suspected of a shooting at the Kosterstuin in Zwaag in January this year, will be in court tomorrow. He got into an argument at his house in the early morning, after which he is said to have opened fire .
He is also on trial in the Alkmaar court for illegal possession of weapons. H. is a member of motorcycle club Hardliners, his lawyer Remco Kint confirms to NH Nieuws.
Neighbors heard the fight happening on January 15. “We woke up to screams and then heard a shot,” they told NH News . According to them, the man is a ‘acquaintance in the neighborhood’ and makes no secret of being a member of Hardliners. “He was still bragging in the street here this week with his motorcycle jacket on.”
The shooting would be part of a series of retaliatory actions between (former) Satudarah members and the relatively new motorcycle club MC Hardliners. H. would be ‘the sergeant of arms’ of the MC Hardliners motorcycle club, various sources reported to De Telegraaf at the time .
Earlier it was already hit in Hoorn, where an explosive device exploded at Gerritsland in December and not much later there was an explosion at a house on the Plantain .
The Hardliners motorcycle club, founded from prison by the former president of the Haarlem chapter of the Hells Angels, is growing nationwide . There are also a number of chapters in North Holland, including in Den Helder, Hoorn and Hoofddorp.
Extortion
Two weeks ago, prison sentences of at least three years were demanded against five suspected (ex) Hardliners for taking hostage and extortion of a man from Opmeer. The members are said to have forced the man in a group to withdraw money from various ATMs and go to the casino.
The victim promised the men 10,000 euros so that he would not be reported. During the previous session it became clear that the victim from Opmeer was guilty of sexually assaulting a woman, which would have been captured on film.
The punishments the five suspects will receive will be announced tomorrow afternoon. The hearing against 40-year-old H. from Zwaag starts tomorrow morning. Then it becomes clear what punishment the Public Prosecution Service demands.
