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LAST DEFENDANT ON HRANT DINK MURDER CASE IS ACQUITTED, TOO
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February 13, 2012 | 13:46
ISTANBUL. - A court in Istanbul also acquitted Coskun Igci, one of
the nineteen defendants in the murder case of Hrant Dink-the founder
and former chief editor of Istanbul's Agos Armenian bilingual weekly,
who was gunned down in 2007 in front of his office building-, for
whom the court had forgot to rule on back in January.
The court had launched new proceedings against Igci, and now it found
him not guilty because of the lack of evidence against him in Dink's
murder, Radikal daily of Turkey informs.
To note, on January 17, the Turkish court found Yasin Hayal guilty of
planning and organizing Hrant Dink's murder, and sentenced him to life
in prison. Erhan Tuncel, on the other hand, was found not guilty of
prompting Dink's murder, and, instead, he was sentenced to 10 years
and 6 months for an explosion in a McDonald's store. But taking into
account that Tuncel was already incarcerated for that amount of time,
the court ruled his release.
The court also found the defendants not guilty of being members of
a terrorist organization. And earlier, Hrant Dink's actual killer,
Ogun Samast, was sentenced to a total of 22 years and 10 months for
Dink's murder and for bearing illegal arms. But Samast was tried at
a juvenile court, since he was a minor at the time of the murder.
On January 17, the court had announced its ruling for the eighteen
defendants being tried, but a day after the ruling it become apparent
that the court had forgot to rule on Coskun Igci, the nineteenth
defendant.
From: A. Papazian
news.am
February 13, 2012 | 13:46
ISTANBUL. - A court in Istanbul also acquitted Coskun Igci, one of
the nineteen defendants in the murder case of Hrant Dink-the founder
and former chief editor of Istanbul's Agos Armenian bilingual weekly,
who was gunned down in 2007 in front of his office building-, for
whom the court had forgot to rule on back in January.
The court had launched new proceedings against Igci, and now it found
him not guilty because of the lack of evidence against him in Dink's
murder, Radikal daily of Turkey informs.
To note, on January 17, the Turkish court found Yasin Hayal guilty of
planning and organizing Hrant Dink's murder, and sentenced him to life
in prison. Erhan Tuncel, on the other hand, was found not guilty of
prompting Dink's murder, and, instead, he was sentenced to 10 years
and 6 months for an explosion in a McDonald's store. But taking into
account that Tuncel was already incarcerated for that amount of time,
the court ruled his release.
The court also found the defendants not guilty of being members of
a terrorist organization. And earlier, Hrant Dink's actual killer,
Ogun Samast, was sentenced to a total of 22 years and 10 months for
Dink's murder and for bearing illegal arms. But Samast was tried at
a juvenile court, since he was a minor at the time of the murder.
On January 17, the court had announced its ruling for the eighteen
defendants being tried, but a day after the ruling it become apparent
that the court had forgot to rule on Coskun Igci, the nineteenth
defendant.
From: A. Papazian