Youth faces five years for New Year killing
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Add as a favourite source on Google Add DutchNews as a favourite source on GoogleThe public prosecution department says the 16-year-old boy accused of killing a postman in the village of Zaamslag during the New Year celebrations should face five years in jail.
The youth was one of a group of boys who attacked 56-year-old Peter Herwegh with a hammer. The suspect told a court in Middelburg he was drunk and had no idea what he was doing.
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