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Judge Won't OK 3rd Warrant in Holloway Case

Undercover confession video isn't enough; prosecutors will appeal

By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff

Posted Feb 4, 2008 4:47 PM CST
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(Newser) – Dutch police searched the home of Joran van der Sloot today, a day after Dutch TV broadcast his video confession that he dumped Natalee Holloway's body, but a judge in Aruba denied police a new arrest warrant, ABC News reports. The judge "put the threshold very, very high because, he said, this is the third time you have asked me for a rearrest,'' said chief prosecutor Hans Moss.

Van der Sloot said last week that he lied in the videotaped confession. Nonetheless, Mos said he believes the tape, made by a Dutch journalist, would be admissible in court as evidence. Other Aruban attorneys were skeptical: "If a policeman was involved, without the proper instruction from a judge, it would not be legally acceptable," said one.

Aruban Chief Prosecutor Hans Mos, center, speaks to members of the media during a news conference, in Orangestaad, Aruba, Monday, Feb. 4, 2008. One day ealier, Dutch TV broadcast hidden camera footage showing a Dutch student saying he believed missing teenager Natalee Holloway was dead and that he had asked...
Aruban Chief Prosecutor Hans Mos, center, speaks to members of the media during a news conference, in Orangestaad, Aruba, Monday, Feb. 4, 2008. One day ealier, Dutch TV broadcast hidden camera footage...   (Associated Press)
Joran van der Sloot, right, sits in a car with his father, Paulus Van Der Sloot, after Joran was released from custody near Oranjestad, Aruba, in this Friday, Dec. 7, 2007, file photo. Aruban prosecutors said Friday that they are reopening their investigation into the disappearance of Alabama teenager Natalee...
Joran van der Sloot, right, sits in a car with his father, Paulus Van Der Sloot, after Joran was released from custody near Oranjestad, Aruba, in this Friday, Dec. 7, 2007, file photo. Aruban prosecutors...   (Associated Press)
Joran van der Sloot poses in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, in this April 24, 2007, file photo. Hidden camera footage broadcast in the Netherlands on Sunday, Feb. 3, 2008, showed Van der Sloot saying he was with Natalee Holloway when she collapsed on a beach in Aruba. He said he believed...
Joran van der Sloot poses in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, in this April 24, 2007, file photo. Hidden camera footage broadcast in the Netherlands on Sunday, Feb. 3, 2008, showed Van der Sloot saying he...   (Associated Press)
This is undated family photo released by Marcia Twitty shows Natalee Holloway of Mountain Brook, Ala. Hidden camera footage broadcast in the Netherlands on Sunday Feb. 3, 2008 showed Dutch student Joran Van der Sloot saying he was with Natalee Holloway when she collapsed on a beach in Aruba. He...
This is undated family photo released by Marcia Twitty shows Natalee Holloway of Mountain Brook, Ala. Hidden camera footage broadcast in the Netherlands on Sunday Feb. 3, 2008 showed Dutch student Joran...   (Associated Press)
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