British man shot dead in Netherlands was linked to couple’s murder

• A Liverpool man, Paul Parker, 52, died in Heerhugowaard, North Holland, on 1 June from a gunshot wound.
• An inquest at Bootle Town Hall heard that Parker was believed to have been involved in an altercation involving weapons that led to his death.
• Dutch authorities provided the provisional cause of death as a gunshot wound, and two men were arrested following a "shooting and stabbing incident" at a business premises.
• Local media reported that Parker was linked to the 2017 murders of Pieter Hoovers and his wife Tae in Amsterdam.
• Although never arrested for the 2017 murders, a cold-case team in 2024 identified a "British criminal" as the likely perpetrator; the inquest has been adjourned until 18 December.

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Liverpool man ‘wanted for murders’ killed in the Netherlands, inquest told