The request for ‘reduced sentence’ of the suspect, who stabbed to death his colleague with whom he had an argument in the middle of the street in Girne in July 2017 was rejected and was sentenced to 17 years in prison.
The appeal court rejected the request of Melih Arnavut, who stabbed to death his colleague Eshref Abdulkairov, with whom he had an argument in the middle of the street in Girne in July 2017, and was sentenced to 17 years in prison and sought a reduction in his sentence.
Arnavut was tried for murder, carrying and disposing of knives, and causing disturbance.
On the day of the incident, the accused went out with the victim, who was his co-worker, on 12 July 2017, and they started to joke while they were walking on the street, but when the joke turned into a fight, it ended in murder.
The victim, who was drunk during the incident, the victim and the accused insulted each other, causing the victim’s watch to be broken, and the accused, who got angry at this, killed the victim by stabbing the victim in the stomach with a 7-centimeter knife he was carrying.