He is also the suspected perpetrator of an attack on Belgian actress Veerle Eyckermans in February 2015, who at the time lived near Hardy.
[1] Hardy had been arraigned a week before Doms' murder, with the help of sex offender Doris Corbeel, because in 2014 he had shot a passer-by with an air gun.
The disease and its influence on his actions received much attention during his trial, with some Belgian media even calling him the "Parkinson's murderer".
[3] It was also mentioned that he took medicine to treat the disease, where a well-known neurologist, Chris Van Der Linden, stated that he had become a murderer due to the addicting medication.
[4] Also during the trial, Hardy's defence often cited the disease as a mitigating factor.