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The Attorney General describes the founder of No Surrender, Klaas Otto, as a professional criminal. His lawyers see no evidence and speak of a smear campaign. On Thursday, the court will determine whether Otto is guilty, among other things, of money laundering, extortion and ill-treatment. Who is the man for whom there is so much to do?
According to the OM, there is no doubt. Klaas Otto is a man who has made crime his right to exist. In addition to the aforementioned suspicions, the provocation of a arson, the placing of a grenade in a car and the death threats are on the list of suspicions.
Prosecutors were clear in the merits of the case against Otto. Money laundering was the "core business" of his companies. "Otto's car trade must be considered a big white washing machine," continued the officer.
That would be a total amount of about 1.4 million euros. "There is virtually no legal income to be deducted from the Otto family, with the exception of family allowances."
None of this, Otto said.
OM had a hard time finding witnesses who dared to explain
The Public Prosecutor had stated that it was very difficult to find witnesses because few people dared to explain. Notably because Otto was a member of automobile clubs such as Satudarah and later became the founder and leader of No Surrender.
In justice, the man would have had a real regret.
Lies still parodied Otto. In his "way", he had sometimes spoken to people, he admitted, but according to him, it was not accompanied by violence. "I've been using testosterone for years, so you're more irritable," he told the court.
Otto is described as a street fighter
Otto is described as a type of street fighter, as he described it years ago interview with Panorama . The one who "is not afraid of anyone," he added in the article. This is not a coincidence for someone who was already working as a bouncer in Breda's nightlife at the age of 17.
What Otto meant by "speaking firmly to someone" and "a type of street fighter" was not entirely clear, but from his criminal past, a picture is emerging from a man who can be quite intimidating.
In 2009, he joined Satudarah
He joined Satudarah in 2009; A motorcycle club now banned, which in the eyes of justice belonged to one of the so-called outlaw motorcycle gangs (OMG). Otto had his own chapter (department) under his wing with Brabant Zundert as a base.
The chapter called Ciganos (gypsies) refers to the context of the majority of members, including Otto. On October 29, 1967, he was born in Bergen op Zoom. Otto was raised in a caravan camp near the motor racing company run by his father, Leo Otto.
His origin as a "camper" is also due to the fact that he "speaks in a slightly different way," he said during his speech.
Satudarah members came into contact with the police
The members of Ciganos (Gypsies) were not disobedient and on Tuesday evening, October 18, 2011, police forces entered the club. The reason was the serious threat to a number of carriers in the Breda hotel industry. The police also held them responsible for the serious violence of two people in Rijsbergen.
A total of eleven club members were arrested, including Otto. He reportedly threatened a porter after the man had denied Satudarah members access to a pub. "No one refuses the Satudarah" and "we go there at any cost," they told the porter.
Otto was also sued for threat agent
The case was to unfold and at the hearing in court in 2012 there was another threat. Otto had resisted an arrest a year earlier and was furious when it was delivered to the Mijkenbroek office in Breda
The officer who had fired his handcuffs had learned that Otto was going to " break".
Otto reinforced his words by walking against the wall of his cell and beating his head a few times. He turned back to the officer and struck his jaw vigorously a few times, while telling the agent that "it was his turn" when he was released.
Otto: "I'm taking care of your family and you I'm doing my project and I have enough money to make you turn away, I swear to my wife and to my children, "said the court.
The court found that the threat had been proven and Otto had been sentenced to four. month of cell. His teammates were sentenced to 4.5 years in prison for assault and possession of drugs and firearms.
No Surrender was established in 1945.
One year after his conviction, Otto left Satudarah. He would no longer have agreed with the club's course, but a board member of Satudarah informed [NRCHandelsblad that Otto wanted his own club. It became No Surrender in 2013.
The club is immediately noticed by Willem Holleeder, vice president of the Amsterdam branch, but its composition is short-lived. The technical success of public relations had already been achieved, since the club had 28 departments in five countries in one year. Thirty-six of them are now in the Netherlands and thirteen outside countries.
A witness tried to shoot Otto
In 2015, Otto resigned as president of No Surrender. This had everything to do with a witness whose judiciary considers the statement in the criminal proceedings against Otto to be very important.
This Joop M. committed an attack on the life of Otto in 2015, which the founder of No Surrender has hardly ever done. was survived. Joop M., a luxury sports car dealer, said in court that he was seeing no other way out because of Otto 's constant threats and extortion.
According to Otto's lawyer, Sanne Schuurman, Joop M. is a man with significant criminal background. . He is lying and is not trustworthy, added the lawyer. Joop M. was finally sentenced to eight years in prison for attempted murder.
A second witness, Danny van der G., was also allegedly beaten and threatened by Otto. Otto's supposed right-hand man, Janus van der V., would have participated in that. He is in the same lawsuit as Otto.
The lawyers again point out the criminal history of Danny van der G. whose history should be considered improbable.
The lawyer presented his defense after rejecting a request for ransition
The lawyer Schuurman and his colleague Niels van Schaik did not come to Otto until in March of this year. year in criminal proceedings, when their predecessor, Louis de Leon, spoke at the beginning of this month.
He felt that he could no longer properly defend himself. The reason was the rejection of his refusal application because the district court was not impartial in his eyes. The same court ruled that Otto was psychologically able to follow his trial, contrary to the opinion of the defense.
Otto would have been crushed by the strict regime in which he had been placed while it was suspected that he was an attacker. Greetje Bos was prepared for the officer in his case.
This suspicion against Otto was finally abandoned.
Defamation Was Part Of A Defamation Campaign
According to De Leon, the suspicion was to be considered part of a smear campaign against his client.
Prior to his departure, he also spoke with NU.nl during an interview with the Attorney General of the Attorney General of the Republic of Zeeland, Charles van der Voor, with de Volkskrant . In this document, Van der Voort described Otto as a subversive criminal who, for years, has been involved in impossible business. "Unprecedented," says De Leon
. In De Telegraaf he even associated Otto with liquidations. De Leon filed a defamation complaint which was eventually dismissed
but lawyers Schuurman and Van Schaik also lodged a complaint in July in the name of defamation. This time against the investigation team investigating other suspicions against Otto. There were several liquidations, forced abortions and gang rapes in No Surrender and Satudarah clubs.
According to Van Schaik, potential witnesses were asked to declare incrimination and to hear the "worst stories" about Otto.
the complaint is still pending
The investigation into this complaint is still ongoing, but has in no way further delayed the process that took more than two years.
A lawsuit described by Otto as a "witch hunt" "And a" unilateral investigation "of the OM that" the case does not want to solve, but only wants to sentence me. "According to the defense there is nothing else to do but the acquittal.
Ten years in prison against Otto, Janus van der V. should go to the cell for three years
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