The appeal hearing against Richard K., 53, in the 2024 killings of Ineke, 44, and Sam, 38, in Weiteveen resumed in the Leeuwarden court after a month-long adjournment prompted by a newly emerged witness. The court considered the witness’s account separate from the murder case. K.’s lawyers nevertheless argued that the earlier life sentence was incomprehensible and sought a conviction for manslaughter rather than murder, saying he had acted impulsively rather than with premeditation and had been severely mentally impaired. They asked the court not to impose life imprisonment.