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Three years in prison for rape in bushes near Tolhuistuin

Rachid M., 46, has been sentenced to three years in prison for the violent rape and assault of a woman near the Tolhuistuin in Amsterdam-Noord. The victim was followed from the city center and attacked in the bushes after taking the ferry, but the assault ended when a witness intervened and called the police. After serving his sentence, M., who was residing in the Netherlands illegally, will be deported to Morocco.

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