"Beat & Release": Temptress Steals Car as Owner Gets a Cold Shower, in Istanbul

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 21 June 2024)

Temptress's rookie thieves ran out of gas and took the 

Metrobus back to meet with their victim (!).

In Istanbul's Avcılar district, U.B. went to a nightclub where he met a

woman named Gülşen Ö. (28).  After enjoying themselves at the nightclub

the two went to a hotel in Küçükçekmece, in front of which U.B. parked

his car.  The two spent the night together in the hotel but while U.B. was

taking a shower Gülşen hanım took his car keys from his pants pocket

and threw them out the window. (!) 

Gülşen hanım's cohorts below stole U.B.'s car.  When the couple emerged

from the hotel U.B. saw that his car was gone and so were his keys.  At

this point, Gülşen hanım (wisely) ran away from U.B., whose suspicions

of her had been aroused.  

U.B. informed the police of the incident.  Meanwhile, Gülşen hanım called

U.B. and told him he could have his car back by paying 20,000 TL (about

$600).  U.B. arranged to meet with Gülşen hanım and her gang at a 

cafeteria in Küçükçekmece, concurrently informing the police about this 

development.  

As the deal was going down in the cafeteria, police raided the joint and 

took Gülşen hanım, along with her three thieves, into custody.  It turned

out that the thieves had run out of gas, left the car in far-away Şişli and

took the metrobus back to Küçükçekmece for the meeting with U.B.  (!)

Gülşen hanım, who has a police record of six previous crimes, was

arrested, as were M.A.A. (17), Sezgin D. (19), and İshak A. (22).  U.B.'s

car was towed to a police parking lot in Kağıthane and ultimately returned

to its owner.