Verdict Announced in Ali İsmail Korkmaz Case
Mevlüt Saldoğan and Yalçın Akbulut, two defendant policemen, have been sentenced to 10 years and 10 months and 10 years of prison respectively in the case of Ali İsmail Korkmaz, a Gezi Resistance protestor who was beaten to death during in Eskişehir after 38 days of comatose on July 10, 2013.
Kayseri 3rd High Criminal Court, on the other hand, acquitted Şaban Gökpınar and Hüseyin Engin - two other suspect policemen.
The case involved 8 defendants: 4 policemen and 4 civilians. In his opinion, the case prosecutor charged Mevlüt Saldoğan with life sentence, acquittal for Şaban Gökpınar and Hüseyin Engin, 12 years of prison for Yalçın Akbulut and 6 years and 8 months of prison for remaining defendants İsmail Koyuncu, Ramazan Koyuncu, Muhammet Vatansever and Ebubekir Harlar.
The final distribution of sentences were as follows:
* Jailed defendant Mevlüt Saldoğan: 10 years and 10 months of prison after a reduction from 13 years of prison for "causing death by purposefully assaulting"
* Non-jailed defendants Şaban Gökpınar and Hüseyin Engin: Acquittal
* Non-jailed defendant Yalçın Akbulut: 10 years of prison after a reduction from 12 years of prison.
* Jailed defendants İsmail Koyuncu, Ramazan Koyuncu, Muhammet Vatansever: 6 years and 8 months of prison after a reduction from 8 years of prison.
* Jailed defendant Ebubekir Harlar: Release considering his arrest period and benefitting from reduction as he was sentenced to aiding the plot after initially being sentenced to 8 years of prison. (BK/BM)
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