Suspect convicted in 2023 fatal machete stabbing in Rotterdam city center

The District Court in Rotterdam convicted 20-year-old Tashyke L. from Spijkenisse in the slaying of 22-year-old Richairo Mariën from Helmond. L. was accused of attacking the victim with a machete on March 29, 2023, on the Korte Lijnbaan in the city center of Rotterdam. The court convicted L. on Wednesday, and sentenced him to eight years in prison, and mandatory psychiatric treatment at a TBS facility for the murder.