PVV parliamentarian accepts deal to settle assault charges
Marcial Hernandez, MP for the anti-Islam PVV, has agreed to pay €500 to settle an assault charge out of court, Nos tv reports.
The public prosecution department said on Thursday it has enough evidence to show Hernandez hit and headbutted another man in a bar in the centre of The Hague.
Hernandez has always denied the accusations and his lawyer told the Nos the agreement to settle did not mean the MP admitted any guilt.
Party leader Geert Wilders has not yet commented. Wilders has always said that he believes his MP until proved otherwise.
A spokesman for the department told the Telegraaf offers like this are commonly made for this sort of case.
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