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Four paranormal investigators on trial for grave desecration

Four women suspected of grave desecration at a cemetery in 2021 are on trial, but only one of them, aged 81, came to court.

Four women who visited a cemetery as paranormal investigators are standing trial. They are suspected of grave desecration (grafschennis) on 11 September 2021, five years ago.

Only one of the four suspects, an 81-year-old woman from Hoevelaken, was at the hearing.

The judge is considering whether what the women are suspected of doing at children's graves is a criminal offence.