A 36-year-old man from Enschede was convicted of a violent robbery involving a cannabis grower and the grower's neighbor. The two victims were tied to chairs and severely abused, and the robbers threatened to cut off the grower's fingers.

The case concerned an incident last summer in which a masked man carrying a gun was seen around a house and trying its doors after blackmail involving AI-generated nude photos. The man had initially been described as 20 years old; the later account identified him as 36 and said he had been convicted.