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 for 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.