The Villa Murder

Nine men plan a major burglary in a villa in Arnhem in 1998, in which the lady of the house is shot dead in her bedroom. A friend of hers is slightly injured and is left for dead. The nine men are caught a few months later and then disappear behind bars for five to twelve years. But did it really happen? Are these men guilty? And if not, what could have happened?

In 1998 an elderly woman is murdered in a villa in Arnhem. A friend of hers miraculously survives the assassination attempt. A group of nine men is convicted of this murder. One of them, Dave Kuils, commits suicide in prison shortly after sentencing. In his suicide note, he insists he is innocent. More than twenty years later, Dave's sister is still searching for the truth: what went wrong in this police investigation? How did the nine men come into the picture so suddenly? And what happened in those interrogation rooms? More than 160 interrogation tapes show how the convicted men were put under pressure for hours by the detectives, including team leader Ad Baars, the man who also led the Putten murder case.

In 1998 an elderly woman is murdered in a villa in Arnhem. A friend of hers miraculously survives the assassination attempt. A group of nine men is convicted of this murder. Nevzat Altay receives the highest sentence, 12 years in prison. But from the start he says he is innocent. In the past twenty years, he appears to have done everything possible to challenge his conviction. His life has been ruined and he is still looking for reparation. That is why he and his lawyer ask for a review of the murder case. A reconstruction that provides a unique insight into the investigation of the police and the judiciary, based on 160 interrogation tapes of the police, the police file and conversations with forty people involved. The big question is what exactly happened that fatal evening. And is the police file correct?