Seven people jailed for beating linesman to death after amateur Dutch football match

Shocking: Richard Nieuwenhuizen was beaten to death during a Dutch amateur football match last year

Six young footballers and a father of one of the players have been jailed for beating a linesman to death during an amateur match in the Netherlands last year.

Richard Nieuwenhuizen, 41, from Buitenboys, died after being punched and kicked by players from opponents Nieuw Sloten on Sunday, December 2.

A Dutch court convicted the seven people involved of manslaughter in the death of volunteer linesman Nieuwenhuizen who was knocked to the ground and repeatedly kicked after a youth match last December in a brutal attack. 

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Judges in Lelystad sentenced the 50-year-old father to six years in prison. Five teenaged players were given two-year sentences in youth detention for their roles in the attack and another was sentenced to a year.

A seventh player, age 15, was sentenced to 30 days detention for assault.

The fatal attack took place on Dec. 2 in the Dutch city of Almere, after the home team Buitenboys drew 2-2 with Nieuw Sloten, which is based in a mostly immigrant neighborhood of Amsterdam.