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She'll be replaced by an expert,

toxicologist Dr Vos.

Dr Vos, you endorse

the digoxin poisoning ofbaby Timo?

The clinical picture is right. Diarrhoea,

abrupt cessation ofbreathing...

I haven't seen the post-mortem,

but the heart was contracted?

You can be sure of that.

My client wants to emphasize that

Dr Kobes was present and supervised her.

In addition, the child was very weak.

When Timo died it was natural causes.

That was in the report.

Why was it changed to poisoning?

Timo was stable and later

we concluded that the substances...

He wasn't stable. He had watery stool

and lack of oxygen. He was very sick.

Mrs de Berk, please.

Dr Kobes' report says the child was stable.

He was healthy enough to go home.

- No. He's dead, isn't he?

Mr Bakker, if your client continues

to interrupt, I'll have her removed.

The prosecution says Mrs de Berk is not

only responsible for baby Timo's death...

she's also responsible for the death of

several patients in hospitals in The Hague.

Statistics, compulsion and criminal profile

carry such weight...

we can link the other murders directly

to the digoxin murder.

If the court and defense approve,

I will finish for now...

by reading the names

of the victims and their age.

They are:
The baby Timo Visser, 2 months.

The infant Abdel Hani, 2 years old.

Baby Mohammed Baltoun, six months.

Baby Amal Wassim, three months.

Mrs de Wit, 91 years old,

Mrs Koog Smulders, 83 years old,

Mrs den Uil-Groenesteeg, 76 years old.

Mrs van Zutphen, 92...

and Mr Wong, 82.

Oh yes, it went very well...

It's my period.

- Undress and bend over.

Verdlct Angel of Death.

Bend over.

In the case against Lucia de Berk...

after lengthy deliberation, the court...

finds her guilty of seven murders

and attempted murders.

The court sentences you,

Lucia de Berk, to life in prison.

Paul, Paul...

this is my ministering angel Judith Jansen.

My husband Paul.

I heard a lot about you. Well done.

Ernestine!

Congratulations.

- Thank you.

What a relief.

It is indeed!

- Well done.

Hello Paul! You okay?

Great to see you.

You must be proud.

She started talking gibberish.

She was acutely admitted last week.

Again? I was afraid of that.

Dr Kobes stayed home last year too.

I don't know much more.

Are you aware Dr Kobes

was acutely admitted?

Acutely? Acutely? It's not that bad.

She's just had a burnout.

It can happen to the best of us.

I told Joyce:
We'll ask you

to Tuscany when it's all over.

Come away for a weekend.

- You still have that huge pizza oven?

D&B psychlatrlc hospltal.

This is Judith Jansen, prosecution.

I'd like to speak to someone about

a patient who was admitted recently:

Barbara Kobes.

Why am I looking at this?

- Barbara Kobes is clinically depressed.

She has been very ill for very long.

- Dr Vos was a fine replacement.

But Dr Kobes made the summaries

we used to accuse Lucia de Berk.

That was ages ago.

- Maybe she made mistakes.

We may have the wrong facts.

Dr Kobes...

We have a clear case.

We have to prepare for the appeal.

And Dr Vos can help us just fine.

I mean maybe we should do

more research.

So we're prepared and

can't be trumped by the defense.

They'll know that Dr Kobes is in hospital

and use that.

You were here

when we spoke to the police?

When that baby died.

You're Karima, right?

Can I help you?

Lucia was a fine nurse.

She was crazy about children.

She always got the difficult cases.

She put Timo on the heart monitor herself

because she was worried.

He needed oxygen, had diarrhoea

and a severe heart condition.

He was very ill.

- But he was stable?

His bad condition was.

The baby didn't have a chance.

I thought that all the files...

would show Lucia was innocent.

- Baby Mohammed? Were you working then?

Mohammed...

he was hysterical.

He kept screaming and shouting.

Lucia was completely exhausted.

She was allowed to leave early.

What time?

- About 10 o'clock...

The report said the baby died

just before the night shift. It suffocated.

Lucia had long gone home.

The hospital merger was imminent.

If we'd say anything about it, then...

Then what?

Everyone was afraid of dismissal.

Judith!

It's good to see you.

Now I can thank you personally

for all that you did.

How goes the merger?

No problems?

No, it's all good.

You came to prepare me for the hearing?

- Oh, don't worry about that.

We want the original files of

all the suspicious deaths for the appeal.

Oh, that. I think you received everything.

They were only summaries.

We want the originals.

Oh, okay.

They won't question me on that, will they?

- No, we just want to double check.

Now that Dr Kobes is in hospital.

Yes... well...

Fine. I'll make sure you get them

as soon as possible, because...

the defense already took away copies.

This is Quirijn Herzberg.

Your new lawyer.

He'll help us with the appeal.

- Theo told me about you.

At least we've got you out of observation.

Quirijn took care of that.

It's shared cells these days,

but that means you can socialize again.

We are down 10-0...

We'll have to score 11 goals to win.

We've been given time

to examine all the case files.

Tell me anything you think might help.

Only then can I defend you.

You understand?

You should feel comfortable sharing

everything with me.

Everything.

Why do you want my case?

Why?

- Yes. What's the point?

It won't make you rich.

You don't even know me.

I do know you.

I read the paper and watch TV.

You are famous.

If people so badly want to believe something

is wrong, it's usually more complicated.

When Theo asked me to look at your

case, I too was amazed.

The argumentation is flawed.

It's all based on assumptions, gossip

and faulty prosecution evidence.

The judges swallowed it all,

influenced by a strange mass hysteria.

It's clear to me that this is a witch-hunt.

Well...

What do we do now?

You brought the whole library with you?

- Yes, I've got life. That's why.

I'm Jenny.

Lucia.

The witch?

- No, Lucia de Berk.

So what are you doing?

Helping my lawyer...

prove that I'm innocent.

Cigarette?

Please.

You didn't do it then?

No.

They all say you did.

- They say lots of things.

Did you do it?

- Sure. But he asked for it.

If the liver is enlarged, that means

the heart is dystonic, contracted.

19 April 2004

Appeal Hearing

Mrs Chairman, Mrs Johansson,

Mr van Hoensbroeck.

You have the floor.

Mr Espen, who was responsible for the

statistics, is a professor of criminology.

He's not a statistics expert.

No, but he is someone...

- He based them on hospital numbers?

That is true.

Mr van Hoensbroeck, you studied

medicine, then worked in pharmaceuticals.

You also took an MBA?

That's correct.

You were responsible for

the numbers on deaths and staff?

That's correct.

And they were the numbers for 2001?

- Correct.

Can you tell me how many deaths

there were in your hospital in 2000?

In 2000?

I shall have to look that up.

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