Stock Photo - Lawyer Lore Arnou, Lawyer Luc Arnou and Lawyer Filip De Reuse pictured during the start of the trial of Romanian national Alexandru Caliniuc for murder and rape with torture on Sofie Muylle, before the Assizes Court of West-Flanders, in Brugge, Monday 17 May 2021. The body of the victim was found on Sunday, January 22, 2017 at 12.20 pm on the beach of Knokke, under a terrace on the Zeedijk. The forensic doctor's initial findings showed that Sofie Muylle had been violently killed in the course of the night. For murder, the accused risks life imprisonment. In the event of an acquittal for murder, he could still be sentenced to 30 years in prison for rape with torture. BELGA PHOTO KURT DESPLENTER.