conviction_status death_place death_date birth_place conviction_penalty charge birth_date article_title name
deceased zierikzee , netherlands 5 july 2006 beni said ? , morocco ? acquitted terrorism may 6 ? , 1973 rachid belkacem
 rachid belkacem
rachid belkacem

rachid belkacem -lrb- 1973 - july 5 , 2006 -rrb- was a dutch national , and a suspected member of the terrorist organisation hofstad network .
he was never convicted in court .
his nickname was abu fadel , he was a friend of mohammed bouyeri , the murderer of dutch filmmaker theo van gogh .
belkacem was arrested in whitechapel , london on 22 june 2005 on request of the dutch authorities .
belkacems name arose in an investigation about people smuggling in the dutch province of zeeland .
he was extradited on 2 august 2005 .
he was charged with being a member of a terrorist organisation .
in addition he was charged with recruiting for armed struggle , several firearms offences and forging documents .
belkacem allegedly helped redouan al-issar , spiritual leader of the hofstad network , flee the netherlands on the day of the murder of theo van gogh .
belkacem was released provisionally in march 2006 , because the public prosecutor deemed an eventual conviction for membership of a terrorist organisation highly unlikely .
in april he was acquitted of the illegal possession of a firearm .
in july 2006 , belkacem was found dead in his house in zierikzee .
friends and family claimed he was poisoned .
police investigated the circumstances of his death .
