4 more suspects to be put on trial over the feminicide of Pınar Gültekin

"We don't want to die" - Photo: Ayşegül Özbek - bianet

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In the trial of Cemal Metin A. for "killing" Pınar Gültekin in Muğla, the prosecutor's office has demanded the penalization of four other suspects.

The Muğla Chief Public Prosecutor's Office has demanded that his parents Ayten and Selim A. and his ex-wife Eda K. as well as Şükrü Gökhan O., who tried to hide evidence, be separately penalized.

The prosecutor's office has concluded that "there is sufficient suspicion that the four suspects went to the crime scene together some time after the incident of wilful killing, destroyed and concealed evidence."

What happened?

Pınar Gültekin (27), a student of Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University in the Mediterranean region, was found dead on July 21, 2020, five days after she had got missing. First Cemal Metin A., then his brother Mertcan A. have been arrested as part of the investigation into her death.

A lawsuit has been filed against Cemal Metin A. on charge of "killing with monstrous feeling or by tormenting" and against Mertcan A. for "destroying, hiding or tampering with criminal evidence."

While Cemal Metin A. now faces aggravated life sentence on the offense charged, his brother faces up to 5 years in prison.

Mertcan A. was released at his third hearing on February 15, 2021. Both the prosecutor's office and the attorney of the Gültekin family appealed against the defendant's release a day later. (MD/EMK/SD)