Van de Sloot wants Peruvian lawyer

Joran van der Sloot, suspected of the murder of Peruvian woman Stephany Flores, has asked for a Peruvian lawyer to represent him, according to Dutch media reports.


Van der Sloot, who was picked up in Chile on Thursday and handed over to the Peruvian authorities on Saturday morning, has been given a list of lawyers by Dutch embassy staff. He is receiving normal ‘consular assistance’ from the Dutch authorities.
According to CNN, the Dutch embassy in Peru is not happy at the way Joran van der Sloot was presented to the press at a news conference on Saturday.
Parade
Van der Sloot, wearing a bullet proof vest and prison clothes, was paraded up and down while his photograph was taken.
And Peruvian newspaper Crónica Viva put a video of Van der Sloot being questioned by police on its website and his belongings being gone through.
The body of 21-year-old Stephany Flores was found on Wednesday in a Lima hotel room registered in his name. Van der Sloot has been twice arrested and released in connection with the disappearance of American teenager Natalee Holloway in Aruba in May 2005.
Van der Sloot has been remanded in custody for a further week while the investigation into Flores death continues. He has denied murder.

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