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Mark de Jong

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This could be interesting. He must be innocent if we start a thread here. :D

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11612145

The coach of a top tennis player has been arrested on suspicion of murder in a story that is sending shockwaves through the sport.

Mark de Jong, the coach of Dutch tennis player Robin Haase, was put under arrest after they both landed in Amsterdam on Thursday morning.

The Telegraph described a sense of disbelief among players as news spread around the Miami tournament, which Haase and de Jong were at as recently as Wednesday.

The victim was millionaire Koen Everink, a staple around tennis tours, who was stabbed to death, then discovered by his daughter on March 4.

"Koen was very close to three Dutch players ...," former player and fellow Dutch coach Raemon Sluiter told The Telegraph. "I didn't know Koen that well myself, but I knew him to speak to, because, as players, we Dutchies spend a lot of time together when we are on the road."


De Jong previously told some around the sport that he had been at Everink's home on March 3, and was perhaps the last one to see him alive. But Thursday's news seemed to come as a complete shock.
 
So Everink was accident prone.

Everink had previously made headlines in Holland after being involved in a fight with former heavyweight kickboxing champion Badr Hari at a dance music festival in Amsterdam which left him with a shattered ankle.
I am resisting the temptation. A Dutch joke is no laughing matter.
 
Samson said:
So Everink was accident prone.

Everink had previously made headlines in Holland after being involved in a fight with former heavyweight kickboxing champion Badr Hari at a dance music festival in Amsterdam which left him with a shattered ankle.
I am resisting the temptation. A Dutch joke is no laughing matter.
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I don't think that's particularly a laughing matter. Badr Hari is a nasty piece of work with a very short fuse who behaves outside the rink like he behaves inside the rink. The only reason he hadn't been convicted before he beat up Koen Everink is that no-one dared to testify against him. The "shattered ankle" would be the lasting damage Everink had from the incident; the doctors just didn't have to outright re-attach his foot, and the Dutch Forensic Institute estimated the needed force for the injuries as from a kick from a horse or a collision with a car. The incident took place, btw, in a skybox of the Ajax soccer stadium, 8 July 2012. Koen Everink still had a civil suit pending against Badr Hari; as part of the criminal proceedings, he had received €21,000 in damages, but he wanted, understandably, more.

It seems, however, that the police think there's no connection between that incident and his murder. Mark de Jong and a coupe of other friends had been watching a soccer game on TV at Everink's house the night of the murder. The next morning, his 6-year old daughter found him dead on the kitchen floor. :eek:
 
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Unfortunately, if he had his ankle shattered by one thug and was murdered by another, that falls within the definition of accident prone.
Or he had the habit of seriously rubbing people up the wrong way.

How big is the story over there?
 
Samson said:
Unfortunately, if he had his ankle shattered by one thug and was murdered by another, that falls within the definition of accident prone.
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I guess so. OTOH, he won't have any other accidents in the near future. :boxedin:

Samson said:
Or he had the habit of seriously rubbing people up the wrong way.
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I have no idea about a motive for this murder. But the assault from Badr Hari is entirely on Hari. From what I've read of the guy, he may assault you if he doesn't like the way you look at him.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badr_Hari#Personal_life:
About his violent eruptions, Hari has said: "I am able to explode at any moment. [...] When my brakes are off, it's just one big clump of explosion, chaos and noise, and I become blind to it all. [...] A storm, a hurricane, a disaster. [...] There just is a certain aggression inside of me, of which I don't know what to do with and neither where it comes from."[73] At his conviction on 21 February 2014, the district attorney described Hari as an individual who is very short-tempered, indulges in vulgar power display and demonstrates aggressive and intimidating behavior which is characterized by a high "do-you-know-who-I-am caliber."[72]
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So, according to his own testimony, Hari is a threat to anyone near him.

Samson said:
How big is the story over there?
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It was on the news, but I don't think there are many details yet. I googled on for some news stories but they hardy tell more than what you already read. We'll have to await the trial, or that the prosecution decides to publish details.
 
It seems strange that so little information about this is available. I would have expected more coverage. I only found the one brief article.
 
Debt is a good motivator.
John Barlow hired a hit man to kill a father and son money lender team.
But he kept the receipt for the dump he disposed of the gun he retrieved from the hitman, and the cops found it. In this case it looks bad for de Jong. (worse for Everink of course)
 
wasapi said:
Thank you. Any opinions yet, anyone?
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As far as I can see with this information, it seems like a clear case.
De Jong had gambling debts (online poker) including with Everink, who lent him some (€ 80.000) money, but wanted it back quickly.
It seems like Everink threathened to publicly declare the gamnbling debts of de Jong if he didn't pay back.

This with the fact that de Jong was with Everink the evening before he was found dead, looks like an open-and-shut case.

Coukld be that there is some thrid party who also had debts with Everink and put de Jong up to the deed, but as for now that doesn't seem to be the case.
 
erwinl said:
As far as I can see with this information, it seems like a clear case.
De Jong had gambling debts (online poker) including with Everink, who lent him some (€ 80.000) money, but wanted it back quickly.
It seems like Everink threathened to publicly declare the gamnbling debts of de Jong if he didn't pay back.

This with the fact that de Jong was with Everink the evening before he was found dead, looks like an open-and-shut case.

Coukld be that there is some thrid party who also had debts with Everink and put de Jong up to the deed, but as for now that doesn't seem to be the case.
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Any suggestions that this might have led to trying to fix tennis matches as a way out of debt?
 
Planigale said:
Any suggestions that this might have led to trying to fix tennis matches as a way out of debt?
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No. Not at this moment.

The gambling debt concern online pokerdebts, where de Jong seems to be very bad at the game. Losing thousands upon thousand of euro's, while only playing the low bet games (according to the link I gave).
Everink seems to have been in the tennis scene more or less as a hobby. That does not really point to match fixing.

At this moment it just seems to be a simple murder to get out of debt. Nothing more. Things can always change though.
 
I haven't followed this case, but I remembered the thread and decided to google to post some updates.

On 27 June, there was a court session ("pro forma zitting") which decided on Mark de Jong's further jailing awaiting trial (the Netherlands has no bail, suspects can be jailed up to 3 months at a time). The prosecution said they had forensic evidence that still has to be evaluated by the NFI, the Dutch Forensic Institute. The court decided to prolong this, and set 23 September for a first trial court session ("regiezitting"), in which then mainly the trial planning will be done, but no arguments or evidence will be presented.

On 5 July, there was a reconstruction at the crime scene. Press was present, but I cannot find any articles on it.

As a helpful hint: if you google for Dutch articles on it, google for "Koen Everink", not for "Mark de Jong". Dutch press doesn't publish full (last) names of suspects, so he'll be "Mark de J." or even only "De J.".

The prosecution has asked for a psychiatric evaluation of Mark de Jong at the Pieter Baan Centrum, which the judge agreed to.

Two interesting items of Everink have gone missing: his iPhone, which may contain valuable information on his (or its) location; and a watch valued at €22,000, which was later found in the house of Mark de Jong's sister. Furthermore, the prosecution found a trace of Everink's blood leading into De Jong's car. On the other hand, De Jong's lawyer says the prosecution didn't find traces of De Jong on the knives with which Everink was murdered.

De Jong claims that he himself was kidnapped that night when he left Everink's house, was placed into the back of his own car and a hoodie drawn over his head, by four unknown people, three of them Moroccan, and then driven away, and that then heard people leaving the car. This whole kidnapping lasted some ten minutes. He alleges that these kidnappers may also have murdered Everink.

As to the gambling debt, this seems to have started in October 2015. The prosecution claims it was €43,000 at the time, while Mark de Jong claims it was only €20,000, and there was a deal he would pay it off in monthly installments of €1,600. He also claims that often, Everink would bet online with his account. Friends of Everink, however, say that he never bet online, only in brick-and-mortar casinos. The prosecution also claims to have a statement from tennis player Robin Haasse (who was coached by De Jong) that De Jong was poor at repaying debts.

I think that about sums it up. Personally, De Jong's kidnapping story had me rolling my eyes.

Two (hopefully) permanent links to dossiers where you can find the individual news articles:
NU.NL (an internet-only newspaper)
Algemeen Dagblad
 
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