Jacobus
Marinus van Nierop detained after admission to Immigration and Refugee Board of
Canada
CBC News, Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon, Sep 05, 2014
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| Le Parisien published this photo of Jacobus Marinus van Nierop, a dentist wanted in Chateau-Chinon, France, for allegedly mutilating numerous patients. (Le Parisien) |
A Dutch
dentist, who was arrested in New Brunswick this week and is wanted in France
for allegedly mutilating numerous patients, says he killed his wife in the
Netherlands in 2006.
Jacobus
Marinus van Nierop, 50, made the admission during an Immigration and Refugee
Board of Canada detention review hearing on Friday morning via teleconference.
"His
statement was … he thought they would want him to return to his country, which
is the Netherlands, because he murdered his wife there in 2006," said
board spokesman Charles Hawkins.
"And
no one has any information about that, other than he admitted that," he
said.
Van Nierop,
who was arrested in the town of Nackawic, N.B., on Monday, made no mention of
his legal troubles in France during the hearing.
He will
remain detained pending his removal from Canada on several grounds. Hawkins
said the grounds include that he is:
- Considered a danger to the public and himself, given his homicide admission, the violent nature of the allegations against him in France, and an apparent suicide attempt at the time of his arrest.
- A fugitive from justice in France.
- A flight risk.
Van Nierop,
who is also known as Mark, is expected to be returned to the Netherlands.
It's
unclear whether France will request extradition.
If van
Nierop is still in Canada within seven days, he is entitled to another
detention review hearing.
Wanted in
France since December
Van Nierop
participated in Friday's hearing by telephone from the Southeast Regional
Correctional Centre in Shediac, N.B., where he is currently detained under
constant supervision. He did not have a lawyer present.
He said he
would accept a return to the Netherlands and did not object to his continued
detention.
Canada
Border Services Agency officials in Halifax were also on the call, while the
immigration board decision-maker was in Montreal.
Van Nierop
had been wanted in France since December on charges of violence causing
mutilation or permanent disability, the immigration decision states.
He
allegedly pierced some patients' jaws with poorly placed implants, left parts
of dental tools lodged in other patients' gums, and pulled out healthy teeth,
Europe 1 radio has reported.
None of the
allegations has been proven in court.
Came to
Canada as visitor
Van Nierop
arrived in Canada on Dec. 18, 2013, and was admitted as a visitor for six
months, the immigration decision states. There is no indication that he applied
for an extension and none was granted, it says.
On Monday,
RCMP contacted the Canada Border Services Agency about van Nierop and the
existence of a "red notice" from Interpol about him, the hearing was
told.
The border
agency and RCMP officers tracked him down at an apartment in Nackawic, where
area residents told CBC News he had been living for about eight months.
When the
officers arrived, van Nierop was in the bathroom and refused to come out. The
officers forced their way in and found him sitting on the toilet, covered in
blood.
It appears
he tried to commit suicide, the immigration decision states.
He was
taken to the hospital for emergency surgery. During his hospital stay, van
Nierop met with a psychiatrist who felt he was not in imminent danger and
approved his discharge on Wednesday.
Van Nierop
had been practising in Château-Chinon in the Burgundy region of France since
2008.
Local
police started an investigation in May 2013, following numerous complaints from
patients.
Nicole
Martin, president of an association that represents van Nierop's alleged
victims, says about 120 people were maimed by van Nierop's dentistry.
Of those,
about 60 people were seriously injured, she said.
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