{"id":176207,"date":"2025-02-21T15:18:55","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T14:18:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=176207"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:27:42","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:27:42","slug":"fouad-l-sentenced-to-life-you-showed-no-hesitation-or-doubt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2025\/02\/21\/fouad-l-sentenced-to-life-you-showed-no-hesitation-or-doubt\/","title":{"rendered":"Fouad L. sentenced to life: \u2018You showed no hesitation or doubt\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former medical student Fouad L. was sentenced to life imprisonment on Friday. This was not what the Public Prosecution Service (OM) had demanded for the three murders, arson, multiple threats and possession of weapons. The OM had asked for thirty years and compulsory psychiatric treatment. \u201cLife imprisonment is the only punishment that fits the suffering that has been inflicted\u201d, the judge said about the ruling.<\/p>\n

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Premeditated, horrific, ruthless and calculated \u2013 this is how the judge described the actions of 34-year-old Fouad L. during the sentencing. On 28 September, the former medical student murdered three people. First, L. shot his 14-year-old neighbour Romy, then fired multiple shots at his neighbour and Romy\u2019s mother Marlous. She died at the scene.<\/p>\n

In a packed lecture room at Erasmus MC, L. shot lecturer and GP Jurgen Damen. Earlier that day, L. had checked whether Damen would be present. Damen died instantly. The 14-year-old Romy succumbed to her injuries later that day in hospital.<\/p>\n

The attack caused mass panic in the hospital, as became clear from statements shared during the trial at the end of January. Students ran for their lives, nurses played hide-and-seek with children at the Sophia Children\u2019s Hospital, attached to the Erasmus MC, and surgeons continued operating with the doors locked.<\/p>\n\n\t

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