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(Cumhuriyet Newspaper, 31 December 2022)
Ankara's Cain and Abel.
Last year on 5 March in Ankara's Çankaya district, while their parents
were away, Mustafa Kocaman (20) told his younger brother Kenan
Kocaman (16) to take out the garbage. Kanan balked at this request
and the two began to argue. The argument became a fight and Mustafa
grabbed a fruit knife, stabbing his brother with it. The wounded Kenan
pushed his older brother and fell to the floor, prompting Mustafa to
take a bread knife from the kitchen, chase his wounded brother to the
bathroom and stab him 38 times. (!)
Mustafa was arrested and tried for murder but expressed regret, telling
the court "I wish I had died instead of my brother. Then these things
wouldn't have happened to me." In response, the court granted Mustafa
a sentence reduction for committing the murder under "unjustified
provocation" to 22 years in prison. Additionally, because of Mustafa's
good behavior during his trial (he wore a tie), his sincere regret, his
previously clean record, and in consideration of the effect of the sentence
on his future, the court further reduced his sentence to 18 years 4 months.
If only he'd worn a tie...
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