Path to re-arrest for released attacker

The incident occurred in October 2024 in the Mustafa Kemal Atatürk neighborhood of the Kemalpaşa district. 17-year-old Ç.E.D. attacked his neighbor, 18-year-old Betül Ç., while she was walking on the street in the morning, after having obsessively stalked her for approximately 5 months.

The individual, who stabbed the young woman multiple times, also robbed Betül Ç. of her mobile phone and fled the scene.

In the case opened against the individual, who was caught and arrested by gendarmerie teams at a house where he was hiding in Bornova, the İzmir 2nd Juvenile High Criminal Court sentenced the defendant to a total of 18 years and 8 months in prison, including 12 years for "attempted intentional homicide" and 6 years and 8 months for "armed robbery."

He had been released

After the sentence was overturned by the appellate court, the defendant Ç.E.D. appeared before the judge again. In the hearing held on July 7, the court panel ruled for the defendant's release with a travel ban and judicial control conditions, taking into account the defendant's age, the time spent in detention, and the fact that detention is a precautionary measure.

Decision appealed, arrest warrant issued

Immediately after the release decision, the İzmir Chief Public Prosecutor's Office appealed the ruling yesterday. The court, which reviewed the objection and the case file, overturned the decision by taking into account the camera recordings in the file, crime scene investigation reports, gendarmerie criminal laboratory expert reports, and the statements of the complainant.

In its decision, the court pointed out that the crime of "attempted intentional homicide" with which the defendant is charged is among the catalog crimes listed in Article 100/3 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CMK), that there is concrete evidence indicating a strong suspicion of crime, and that there is a suspicion of flight when considering the amount of the sentence he would receive in case of conviction.

Concluding that judicial control measures would be insufficient at this stage, the panel found the prosecutor's office's objection justified and decided to issue an arrest warrant for the defendant Ç.E.D., who has the status of a child driven to crime.

News Source: İHA