Man who killed Miss Mieke with 101 stab wounds is interned for murder | Murder of care teacher Mieke

On November 10, 2020, Mieke Verlinden was brutally murdered in her own home, with 101 stab wounds. The murder remained unsolved for a long time, but in March 2022 Gunther Uwents from Berchem, a former student of Mieke Verlinden, turned himself in to the police for the murder. As a child, Uwents felt humiliated and ignored by Mieke Verlinden, his second-year teacher. He hoped that Miss Mieke would respond with understanding and tell him that she did not mean it that way. But according to his statements, she laughed at him almost immediately when he showed up at her door.

However, there was still a lot of discussion during the council chamber session last month. After all, the public prosecutor and relatives wanted internment for murder. Because, according to them, Uwents acted with premeditation. The defense requested internment for manslaughter. Because he would have acted on impulse, without a prior plan to kill. On Friday it was decided that Uwents will be interned for murder.