Appeals court upholds sentences in Minguzzi murder case! First statement from Ersan Barkın

A new decision has been reached regarding the murder of Mattia Ahmet Minguzzi.

The 1st Criminal Chamber of the Istanbul Regional Court of Justice has completed its appellate review regarding the 24-year prison sentences handed down by the Anatolian 2nd Juvenile High Criminal Court to detained defendants B.B. and U.B. for the crime of "intentional killing of a child," as well as the acquittals granted to other children dragged into crime, M.A.D. and A.Ö., for the crime of "aiding in the intentional killing of a child."

Evaluating the scope of the file, the chamber ruled that there was no illegality in the local court's decisions. The objections filed by the intervening Ministry of Family and Social Services, as well as the attorneys for Yasemin Akıncılar Minguzzi and Andrea Minguzzi, arguing that B.B. and U.B. should be punished at the maximum limit for multiple aggravating circumstances, were not found to be well-founded.

In this context, the chamber found the 24-year prison sentences given to B.B. and U.B. to be in accordance with the law and rejected the appeals on their merits. The court also ruled that the acquittals granted to M.A.D. and A.Ö. were in accordance with the law and did not accept the requests for sentencing at the upper limit for these defendants.

The decision stated that the appeal was rejected on its merits, with the right to appeal to the Court of Cassation remaining open. The Court of Cassation will deliver the final verdict on the case.

STATEMENT FROM THE FAMILY'S LAWYER

Ersan Barkın, the lawyer for the Minguzzi family and also the lawyer for Sedat Peker, made the following remarks regarding the decision:

"The appellate review in the case of the massacre of our child Mattia Ahmet has concluded. The 1st Criminal Chamber of the Istanbul Regional Court of Justice rejected our request regarding the participation of the acquitted defendants in the act. Similarly, it rejected the appeals regarding the 24-year prison sentences of the convicted defendants. I don't know what to say. Since the decision does not contain a 'justification,' as has become a tradition in the judiciary, I cannot evaluate the 'legal' reason for it.

We lost our child Atlas. Old words were taken out of the freezer and brought back into the arena, including the massacre of Mattia Ahmet. The appellate decision on top of it became a complete 'litmus test.' It is a pity, what can I say... The right to appeal the decision is open. Should one expect anything in this 'climate'!"

News Source: 12punto