A 19-year-old youth has been jailed for eight years for the attempted manslaughter of three gay men by a court in Maastricht.

An 18-year-old youth was given 24 months in juvenile detention and a psychiatric prison term for the same offences.
Stefano I and Tanusan S, both from Sittard, made contact with their victims via internet chat rooms. After setting up a meeting, the men were violently attacked. One was put in the boot of his car and driven to Germany where he was dumped. The car was set on fire.
The court was told that Stefano I had had homosexual contacts for some time and started attacking gay men to prove he was straight.