BBC News, 12
November 2012
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A Dutch
court has sentenced an 18-year-old man and his 16-year-old girlfriend in
connection with the murder of a schoolgirl following a row on Facebook.
Polly W and
Wesley C were convicted of encouraging a third teenager, who has already been
sentenced, to carry out the killing.
They were
sentenced to two years in juvenile detention and three years in a psychiatric
clinic.
Joyce
"Winsie" Hau, 15 was stabbed at her home in Arnhem in January.
Jinhua K,
15, was given the maximum sentence for his age of one year in juvenile
detention as well as up to three years in a psychiatric institution for
carrying out the killing.
According
to court proceedings, the row started when school friends Polly W and Joyce Hau
fell out over comments Joyce had posted on Polly's Facebook wall.
Jinhua K
later argued that he had been put under pressure by Polly W and was unable to
disobey her.
He denied
being paid to carry out the killing.
Experts
said he was suffering from a severe behavioural disorder with psychopathic
tendencies.
Prosecutors
had asked for Polly W and Wesley C to be tried under adult law, but the court
said juvenile prison and psychiatric care would best serve their interests,
local media reported.
Their three
years in the psychiatric clinic include a suspended sentence of one year.
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