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Turkey
Verdict due in trial of men accused of killing two Co Down women
Erup Cetin and his son Recep Cetin, are charged with the murder of friends Marion Graham and Cathy Dinsmore in Izmir over two years ago.
A VERDICT is expected today in the trial of two men accused of murdering two women from Co Down in Turkey two years ago.
Erup Cetin and his son Recep Cetin, are charged with the murder of friends Marion Graham and Cathy Dinsmore (both aged 53) in August 2011. The two women, who had been holidaying in Kusadasi, were found dead in a wooded area outside Izmir.
Recep Cetin has admitted stabbing the women, but claimed his father had nothing to do with it. However, lawyers for the victims’ families said evidence found at the scene where their bodies were recovered showed “two distinct DNA profiles” of men who were genetically related.
Recep, who had been dating Marion Graham’s teenage daughter at the time of the murder, had claimed to be 17 years old and was originally being housed in a juvenile detention facility until bone marrow tests determined he was actually in his early 20s.
The father and son face prison terms of up to 40 years, if convicted.
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