Conspiracy theorist Micha Kat, who was extradited from Ireland to face charges last year, has been sentenced to two years in jail and three years probation for incitement and making threats against former RIVM chief Jan van Dissel, among others.

Neither Kat or his lawyer were in court to hear the verdict and sentencing. The public prosecution department had called for a four-year jail term.

The charges centre on comments made by Kat with two others about an alleged network of paedophile satanists based in the town of Bodegraven. ‘He called on others to take action against the paedophile network,’ the court said in its ruling. Van Dissel was said by Kat to be a leader.

Kat’s fellow conspiracy theorists were jailed last year.

The three were earlier ordered to pay €215,000 in damages to Bodegraven local council after it was forced to use its emergency powers to ban them from the graveyard where it said victims of the gang were buried, and bring in permanent security.