MINISTRY TO LODGE AN APPEAL
‘Acid Attacker Should Have Been Penalized for Deliberate Murder Attempt’
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Minister of Family, Labor and Social Services Zehra Zümrüt Selçuk has criticized that defendant Casim Ozan Çeltik, who caused Berfin Özek to lose one eye and have burns on her face and chest in an acid attack, has been sentenced to 13 years, 6 months in prison for "willful injury".
Zümrüt Selçuk has shared the following message:
"We believe that a conviction on 'willful injury' in the lawsuit filed into the attack against Berfin Özek will trouble public conscience.
"We will appeal against the verdict, requesting that [the defendant] be penalized on charge of 'deliberate murder attempt'."
CLICK - Man Sentenced to 13 Years, 6 Months in Prison over Acid Attack on Woman
What happened?On January 15, 2019, when Berfin Özek was going home from the preparatory school in İskenderun, Hatay, Casim Çelik Özcan threw acid derivative liquid on her and ran away. Özek was taken to a hospital and received treatment for a long time. She lost one eye and has visual impairment in her other eye. Her face and chest were also partly burned. Berfin has not been fully recovered despite going through a series of surgeries. In the lawsuit filed against the attacker on charge of "deliberate murder attempt", the prosecutor's office demanded that the defendant be penalized for "willful injury." |
(EKN/SD)