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Trial over the killing of Festus Okey from Nigeria at Beyoğlu Police Department in İstanbul has ended after 14 years and the defendant police officer has been sentenced to 16 years, 8 months in prison.

In Festus Okey case, which has been reopened after 11 years, the court ruled that necessary documents for visa procedures for Okey's family shall be provided. DNA reports have also been requested to prove blood relations between the family members.

Following the Supreme Court of Appeals’ decision to overturn the four years two months prison sentence given to police officer Yıldız in the Festus Okey case as well as the rejection of the Okey family attorneys’ request of intervention, the court gave a decision of insistence.

An appeals court in Istanbul overturned the conviction of police officer Cengiz Yıldız charged with negligently murdering Nigerian immigrant Festus Okey under detention in 2007, recommending that the convict ought to be charged with murder.