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3 unusual facts about Zeist


Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service

Unless the cases are of especial importance, such as the Lockerbie trial held at Camp Zeist in the Netherlands, the prosecutions are normally (but not always) led by Advocates Depute who are known collectively as Crown Counsel and are experienced members of the Faculty of Advocates normally appointed for a limited period of three years.

Zeist

(See the article on the trial and the reports on the trial at Camp Zeist by United Nations observer Dr. Hans Köchler: Hans Köchler's Lockerbie trial observer mission.)

Guido Verbeck (1830-1898) - Political adviser, educator, and missionary, notable for his work as a foreign adviser in Japan.


Andrew Hardie, Baron Hardie

The trial itself was held in a special sitting of the High Court of Justiciary, sitting as the Scottish Court in the Netherlands, at Camp Zeist, a former US Air Force base in Utrecht, Netherlands.

David Nitschmann der Syndikus

David Nitschmann der Syndikus (David Nitschmann the Syndic; September 20, 1703 in Zauchtenthal/Suchdol nad Odrou – March 28, 1779 in Zeist) was a Czech-born Moravian missionary.

Mirjam Sterk

Willemina Roziena Catharina (Mirjam) Sterk (born May 23, 1973 in Zeist) is a Dutch Christian minister and former politician, civil servant, RTV editor as well as educator.


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