A 73-year-old Dutch national, Jan IN’T Veld alias Teacher Jan, Dad and Mzungu has been sentenced to 10 years in prison by a Nairobi court for a series of heinous crimes against children.
According to Kenya’s DCI, Jan IN’T faced ten charges, including child pornography, sexual communication with minors, indecent acts, and child abuse,
His reign of exploitation came to an end following relentless investigation by detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations’ Anti-Human Trafficking and Child Protection Unit (AHTCPU).
The DCI reports that the case dates back to November 2023 when AHTCPU detectives received a tip-off that disturbing images had surfaced on social media, showing Veld in a bathroom alongside two naked girls, aged just 7 and 10.
“This prompted detectives into immediate action. Sensing that detectives were closing on him, Veld hatched a desperate plan to flee back to the Netherlands. However, his escape was thwarted as AHTCPU officers intercepted and arrested him at the Jomo Kenyatta International airport, marking the beginning of his downfall”, reads the report.
He tried to compromise key witnesses, including influencing a 17-year-old minor to recant his statement, the prosecution presented overwhelming evidence,according to the statement from DCI x page.
The Milimani Children’s Court found Jan IN’T Veld guilty of six counts of child pornography, two counts of sexual communication with a child, one count of committing an indecent act with a child and one count of child abuse.
The convict was also fined a total of Sh3 million and Sh3 million in restitution to the victims, which takes precedence over the fines.