He said, ‘I am mentally competent’ – PUBLIC ORDER – Erzurum Pusula Newspaper

The defendant’s lawyer attended the hearing at Erzurum 3rd High Criminal Court. The detained defendant Ahmet Yavuz K. attended the hearing via Audio and Video Information System (SEGBİS) from Iğdır S Type Closed Penal Institution. In the report received from Samsun Mental Health and Diseases Hospital about the defendant Ahmet Yavuz K., it was stated that he had full criminal liability for the act of “murder and attempt”. Defendant Ahmet Yavuz K, in his defense regarding the report, said, “I am not mentally competent, I do not accept the report.” said. In his opinion on the merits, the public prosecutor stated that the defendant Ahmet Yavuz K should be punished for the crimes of “intentional murder against his superiors” and “attempted intentional murder against his descendants” for his actions aimed at killing his mother S.K and injuring his father N.K, and that the verdict should be given. He requested a decision to continue his detention. The defendant’s lawyer, Selim Geyik, asked for the report to be renewed from a different hospital and asked for time to defend against the opinion on the merits. The court decided to continue the detention of the defendant Ahmet Yavuz K and postponed the hearing in order to make defenses against the opinion on the merits. The delegation also rejected the request for a report on the grounds that it would not contribute anything new to the file.
– From the indictmentIn the indictment prepared by the Erzurum Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office, the report prepared by the Observation Specialization Department of Istanbul Forensic Medicine Group Presidency against university student Ahmet Yavuz K., who killed his mother S.K. with a knife and injured his father N.K. in an incident that took place in a site in Aziziye district on April 13, was not found guilty of a crime. It is stated that he has full criminal liability against him. In the indictment, it is stated that the defendant K stabbed mother S.K 5 times, and that the defendant used 6 knives in the incident, did not stop the action he started under the influence of his depressed psychological disorders, despite all his father’s efforts, on the contrary, did not give up after the crime tool was taken away from him, took new crime tools and followed his father. It is recorded that he went and continued his protest determinedly, but was forced to end his protest due to the obstacles of his neighbors and his exhaustion. In the indictment, it is requested that the defendant Ahmet Yavuz K be sentenced to aggravated life imprisonment for the crime of “deliberate murder against his superiors” and to be sentenced to imprisonment from 13 to 20 years for the crime of “attempting to deliberately kill his superiors”. AA