Found burned to death! Rejected request upheld by higher court

The trial of 6 suspects, 3 of whom are in custody, including the owners and employees of the unlicensed coal mine where 50-year-old Vezir Mohammad Nourtani worked, continues following the discovery of his body burned in a wooded area in Zonguldak.

During the 5th hearing held at the 1st High Criminal Court on February 19, the motion to recuse the judge filed by Kerim Bahadır Şeker, the lawyer for Vezir Mohammad Nourtani's family, was rejected by the court panel on the grounds that no concrete evidence had been presented. Following the rejection of the request, the case file was sent to the 2nd High Criminal Court for review upon Şeker's appeal.

However, the 2nd High Criminal Court also issued a unanimous decision rejecting the appeal, stating: "Upon examination of the entire file, it is understood that the attorney for the plaintiff did not present evidence in their petition that would necessitate the recusal of the panel, that the request for recusal was made with the intent to prolong the proceedings, and that the matters mentioned in the attorney's petition are not of a nature to require the recusal of the panel; for these reasons, it has been deemed necessary to decide on the rejection of the plaintiff's attorney's request for recusal and their objections."

The trial of the 6 defendants will continue with the 6th hearing on April 11.