Dutroux bid for parole horrifies Belgians
The country’s most reviled criminal was escorted under heavy surveillance from a high-security prison to the central Brussels courthouse as a helicopter hovered overhead and 125 officers stood guard over the court building.
Weeks before he can formally lodge a request for early release on Apr 30, Dutroux, 56, was at a closed-door hearing that lasted almost two hours and asked to be placed under house arrest with an electronic tag.
