He is being thwarted in his work by the Public Prosecution Service, he says. “I cannot offer my client what he is entitled to. The Public Prosecution Service wants to impose conditions on my actions. This affects my core values as a lawyer.” Schouten had previously been the lawyer for the key witness, and then he also resigned from the defense. At the time, he did this together with Onno de Jong and crime reporter Peter R. de Vries in the role of confidant of Nabil B.