Kamerik – “Are you telling the honest story here, sir?” The judge asked this question with raised eyebrows to a 27-year-old man from Kamerik who was suspected of illegally catching, ringing and selling wild mute swans in the vast meadows around Woerden. The answers the suspect gave to the judge’s questions sounded quite unbelievable, but he achieved the desired effect. The public prosecutor demanded 120 hours of community service, but the judge acquitted him of all suspicions due to insufficient hard evidence.
Suspect of swan poaching comes up with implausible explanations, but is still acquitted
