Harassed Gay Couple Taking Police to Court

UTRECHT - A homosexual couple is demanding damages from the government because the police allegedly refused to take action against Moroccan youths who systematically threatened them. The men suffered multiple harassments. For example, their car windows were broken, 'homo' was scratched on the car and a brick and fireworks were thrown at their window. The couple made a police report for all these matters, but the police never took any action, says their lawyer Yehudi Moszkowicz. On a certain day, the couple were crashed into in their car. This was done deliberately by the group of Moroccans. The police came along and asked the Moroccans if this was true; they denied it. "On this, the police concluded that there was no evidence for a deliberate collision," according to the lawyer. Moszkowicz notes that the police were aware of the earlier reports by the gay couple against the Moroccans at the time of the collision. "Nonetheless, the officers concluded that they could find no witnesses who could tell them which of the two versions of the story was the right one." On Friday, an appeal court in Arnhem will hear the couple's case. They are demanding that the judges order the police to arrest the suspects and that the Public Prosecutor's Office (OM) prosecute them. In a civil case against the municipality, the police and the State, they are also demanding damages of 40,000 euros. The gay couple moved out of the neighbourhood, Terwijde in Utrecht, due to the harassment They say they have suffered substantial damages, among other things because they had to sell their house at below its valuation. Full Story>>

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