One of the most notorious Dutch criminals has been sentenced to life in prison for ordering a series of murders.
Willem Holleeder - nicknamed "Hunda" - will now spend the rest of his life behind bars after being given the maximum sentence possible.
The Amsterdam Court of Appeal upheld the life sentence handed down to the 64-year-old for the first time in 2019.
Holleeder became famous in the Netherlands for his role in the 1983 kidnapping of beer mogul Freddy Heineken.
He was convicted of ordering five murders between 2002 and 2006, including the murder of one of his accomplices in the 2003 Heineken kidnapping, Cor van Hout.
Holleeder had previously been convicted of threatening crime reporter Peter R. de Vries, who was shot dead last year.
His lawyers had demanded his release, saying there was no direct evidence linking him to the crimes.
But the judges "took into account the cold and unscrupulous way in which Holleeder, along with others in a criminal organization, decided on life and death," the appellate court said in a statement.
"His election was motivated by money or to prevent someone else from taking revenge on him or talking to the police."
Holleeder's two sisters were among the witnesses who testified against him in court. The brothers and sisters had been recording conversations with the criminal for years and had submitted the tapes to the prosecutor's office.