He killed the woman he was married to, claimed that he was hallucinating: Forensic Medicine report revealed!

A reasoned decision was announced in the trial of İsa Çetinkaya, who stabbed his wife Kıymet Çetinkaya to death on August 14, 2024 in Bağcılar district of Istanbul.

According to Sabah, Bakırköy High Criminal Court ruled that the defendant committed the crime of "intentional murder against his spouse" within the scope of Article 82 of the Turkish Penal Code (TCK) and sentenced him to aggravated life imprisonment.

The reasoned decision reached by Sabah included the defendant's defense regarding his mental health, the Forensic Medicine Institute report and crime scene investigation findings.

HE CALLED THE POLICE AFTER STABBING HIS WIFE

The incident took place on August 14, 2024 in Bağcılar.

İsa Çetinkaya called the police and reported him after injuring Kıymet Çetinkaya, whom he married eight months ago, with a knife.

Kıymet Çetinkaya, who was taken to the hospital with serious injuries, could not be saved despite the interventions of the doctors.

İsa Çetinkaya, who was detained after the incident, was arrested.

HE DEFENDED THE MURDER BY CLAIMING THAT HE WAS HALLUCINATION

In his defense in court, the defendant İsa Çetinkaya claimed that he started hallucinating while he was at home on the day of the incident.

Claiming that he thought his wife would poison or kill him, Çetinkaya said that he attacked his wife with a knife he took from the kitchen.

The defendant argued that he did not remember how many times he stabbed his wife and that he regretted it.

FORENSIC MEDICINE: FULL CRIMINAL LIABILITY

The file was sent to the Forensic Medicine Institute to determine whether the defendant had criminal liability at the time of the incident.

In the report prepared by the 4th Specialization Board of the Forensic Medicine Institute, it was stated that İsa Çetinkaya did not have any mental illness or mental retardation at a level that would eliminate or reduce his ability to perceive the legal meaning and consequences of the act he committed on August 14, 2024, the date of the crime, and to direct his behavior.

The report concluded that the defendant was fully criminally responsible.

15 SHARP WOUNDS WERE DETECTED ON HIS BODY

In the reasoned decision, autopsy and crime scene investigation findings regarding the death of Kıymet Çetinkaya were also included.

According to the Forensic Medicine report, a total of 15 sharp wounds were detected on Çetinkaya's body, nine of which were stab wounds.

It was determined that two of these wounds were lethal and Kıymet Çetinkaya died due to internal bleeding due to internal organ injuries.

The reasoned decision also noted that the defendant used two knives during the attack.

Aggravated life imprisonment was given

The court board evaluated the contradictions in the defendant's defenses, his statements about benefiting from the provisions of unfair provocation, and the report of the Forensic Medicine Institute.

The court ruled that İsa Çetinkaya committed the crime of intentional murder against his wife and sentenced the defendant to aggravated life imprisonment.