Songul Koc (L),
and her lawyer Jos Vander Velpen (R)
are seen during the trial of Hans
Van Themsche
11 October 2007, at
Antwerpen court.
Lawyer Jef
Vermassen, defending the parents of
Luna Drowart talks to the press
after the first day
of the assize
trial of Hans Van Themsche 01
October 2007 in Antwerp.
Court Chairman
Michel Jordens presides 01 October
2007 the first day of the trial
in
Antwerp of Hans Van Themsche.
Lawyer Jef
Vermassen (2nd R), defending the
parents of Luna Drowart, stands in
the Antwerp court
01 October 2007 on
the first day of the trial of Hans
Van Themsche.
Family and
relatives of victims Luna Drowart,
Oulematou Niangadou and Songul Koc
sit in the Antwerp court 01 October
2007 on the first day of the trial
of Hans Van Themsche, a 19-year-old
far-right extremist charged with the
racially driven murder 11 May 2006
of a young girl and her African
nanny, which sent shockwaves across
Belgium.
Laurence Van Bree,
right, the mother of murdered
toddler Luna Drowart, closes her
eyes as she leaves the courtroom
after the reading of the final
verdict during the trial of Hans Van
Themsche at the justice palace in
Antwerp, Belgium, Wednesday, Oct.
10, 2007.
A family member
(R) of the victim Oulematou Niangado
is pictured in the courthouse after
the jury delivered the verdict to
Hans Van Themsche as guilty of
murder of Luna Drowart, murder of
Oulematou Niangadou and attempted
murder of Songul Koc, 10 October
2007 after eight days of the assize
trial in Antwerp.
Defendant lawyer
Bart Herman (R) arrives in the
courtroom at the start of the trial
of Hans Van Themsche in Antwerp's
Justice Palace October 1, 2007.
Photographers take
pictures of evidence displayed at
the start the trial of Hans Van
Themsche in Antwerp's Justice Palace
October 1, 2007.
Evidence for the
trial of Hans Van Themsche is
displayed in front of the jury's
seats in a courtroom in Antwerp's
Justice Palace October 1, 2007.
Civil parties
lawyer Kris Luyckx (R) sits next to
a file covered with the picture of a
victim in a courtroom at the start
of the trial of Hans Van Themsche in
Antwerp's Justice Palace October 1,
2007.
Roman Drowart,
right, the father of murdered
toddler Luna Drowart, hugs a family
friend as they leave the courtroom
after the final verdict during the
trial of Hans Van Themsche at the
justice palace in Antwerp, Belgium,
Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2007.
Hans Van Themsche is pictured during his trial
11 October 2007 at the court in
Antwerpen.
This photo shows a
general view of the court room
during his Hans Van Themsche's
sentencing to life imprisonment, 11
October 2007 in Antwerp. The jury
found Van Themsche guilty of murder
of Luna Drowart, murder of Oulematou
Niangadou and attempted murder of
Songul Koc, 10 October, after
eight
days of the assize trial in Antwerp.
The mother of 19
year-old accused Hans Van Temsche,
arrived at Antwerpen's court, 11
October 2007.
Luna Drowart (R)
and her nanny Oulematou Niangadou
who were killed in a shooting
rampage in Antwerp are pictured in
this undated handout photograph
received at a court in Antwerp
October 1, 2007.
Luna Drowart who
was killed in a shooting rampage in
Antwerp is pictured in this undated
handout photograph received at a
court in Antwerp October 1, 2007.