Dutch King Willem-Alexander (L) and his wife Queen Maxima wave to the crowd from the Royal Palace in Amsterdam April 30, 2013. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A Dutchman has been sentenced to 30 days in jail under a rarely enforced 19th century law for intentionally insulting King Willem-Alexander, according to a court ruling published on Thursday.
The 44-year-old man from the city of Kampen, whose name was not released, had posted a message on his Facebook page in April 2015 calling the king a murderer, rapist, "oppressor" and thief.
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