Kolding court sentences van der Zande to 30 days in prison

Retten i Kolding has sentenced Dirk Dingenis Johannes van der Zande to 30 days’ imprisonment and ordered him to pay the costs of the case, in a judgment delivered on 2 September 2026. The ruling is published in Statstidende on 7 October 2026, in the section “Øvrige retslige kundgørelser” under “Forkyndelse af domme”, because ordinary service on the defendant was not possible. The announcement carries the court reference SS 1535/2026 and the police reference 3300-83220-00121-26.

Statstidende is Denmark’s official gazette for legal announcements, published by Civilstyrelsen under Justitsministeriet. When a judgment cannot be served on a defendant in the normal way, the court has it served publicly through the gazette, which is what makes the decision legally effective against the person concerned. The published text states this explicitly: the judgment is served publicly because other service has not been possible.

The case was brought by Anklagemyndigheden, the prosecution, against van der Zande, born 18 October 1997. The gazette records his last known address as Borgergade 11, 2, Thyregod, 7323 Give, Denmark, while also listing the address as unknown.

The judgment

• Defendant: Dirk Dingenis Johannes van der Zande, born 18 October 1997.
• Sentence: 30 days’ imprisonment.
• Costs: the defendant must pay the costs of the case.
• Date of judgment: 2 September 2026.
• Court: Retten i Kolding, Kolding Åpark 11, 6000 Kolding.
• Court reference: SS 1535/2026; police reference 3300-83220-00121-26.

The operative part of the ruling is short and unconditional: Dirk Dingenis Johannes van der Zande is punished with 30 days’ imprisonment and must pay the costs of the case. The published text records no probation period and no suspension of the sentence.

Where the judgment can be obtained

A transcript of the judgment is available for collection at Retten i Kolding, Kolding Åpark 11, 6000 Kolding, telephone 99686800, quoting journal number SS 1535/2026. The same court holds guidance on the rules for appeal and for reopening criminal cases decided by a district court. The announcement is signed by Retten i Kolding and dated 5 October 2026.

A second judgment served publicly the same day

The same section of the gazette carries another public-service judgment from Retten i Kolding:

• Defendant: Joen Bertil Turno Daugaard, born 2 November 1980, last known address Ul. Pomorska 83 apt. 39, 85-046 Bydgoszcz, Poland.
• Sentence: 30 days’ imprisonment, not to be executed if the defendant commits no further offence during a probation period of one year from the final judgment.
• Costs: the state treasury pays the costs of the case.
• Date of judgment: 6 October 2025; court reference SS 3-1512/2024.
• Signed by Frederikke Johnsen on 5 October 2026.

For readers, the notice marks the formal point at which a criminal conviction becomes publicly enforceable against a defendant who could not be reached by ordinary means. Anyone with an interest in the case, including the defendant himself, must act through Retten i Kolding, where the appeal and reopening guidance is issued and from which the relevant time limits run.

Source: Statstidende, 7 October 2026, Øvrige retslige kundgørelser — Forkyndelse af domme (official reference: S05102026-65).