Donny M. is not a monster, but a victim of his youth and the failing healthcare system. That is what lawyer Sjanneke de Crom said during the last day of court in the criminal trial against M. "For a failing care system, more people are responsible, but they are not in the dock here." The lawyers of Donny M., who in 2022 gruesomely took the life of then nine-year-old Gino, dwelt at the beginning of their plea on the immense grief of the bereaved families. They underlined realizing that what they were about to say hardly anyone wanted to hear.