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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Politics
Catherine Armecin Martin

Elon Musk Demands 'Fire That Judge!' as 2014 Case of Driver Given Community Service for Killing 2-Year-Old Girl Resurfaces

Father throws chair inside the courtroom after driver receives 120 hours of community service. (Credit: Complex/X)

Elon Musk has responded to resurfaced footage showing a grieving Dutch father throwing a chair in a courtroom after hearing the initial sentence for the driver whose actions caused the deaths of his two-year-old daughter and her grandparents. Replying to a post sharing the video, Musk wrote, 'Fire that judge!'

The footage shows Erik Derijks reacting to a 120-hour community-service sentence handed down in November 2014. That was not the final outcome: on 23 September 2015, an appeal court imposed 15 months in prison and a four-year driving ban.

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