# Criminal sentencing for abuse in the Netherlands

> Live situation record from CLSTR: https://clstr.news/situations/criminal-sentencing-for-abuse-in-the-netherlands
> Updated: 2026-09-14T11:59:00.000Z. Sources: 9. Developments: 2.

Dutch courts have issued several sentences related to violent and sexual misconduct involving vulnerable individuals.

In August 2026, the Den Bosch Court of Appeal upheld a 12-year prison sentence for a German man following a sulfuric acid attack and an attempted arson in Burgh-Haamstede. Concurrently, a court in The Hague sentenced two workers at the iHUB youth care facility in Alphen to four years and six months in prison, respectively, for the sexual assault of minors under their care.

In September 2026, an appeals court increased the punishment for a 45-year-old former residential coach in Schiedam. The court imposed a two-week suspended prison sentence and a prohibition on working with vulnerable women after he was found to have sexually misconducted against an 18-year-old woman with a severe intellectual disability in Rotterdam.

## Timeline

### 2026-09-14: Dutch court imposes harsher sentence on former coach for misconduct

A Dutch appeals court has issued a suspended prison sentence and a work ban to a former residential coach convicted of sexual misconduct against a vulnerable 18-year-old woman.

6 sources. https://clstr.news/cluster/dutch-court-imposes-harsher-sentence-on-former-coach-for-misconduct

### 2026-08-27: Dutch courts issue sentences for acid attack and youth care abuse

Dutch courts have upheld a 12-year sentence for a sulfuric acid attacker and sentenced an iHUB youth care worker to four years for the rape of a minor.

4 sources. https://clstr.news/cluster/dutch-courts-issue-sentences-for-acid-attack-and-youth-care-abuse

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