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UK: Turkish Kurd jailed over wife's murder
13.11.2007
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Jailed Kurd had been suffering "mental disorder"
after having been tortured in his home country of
Turkey.
December
13, 2007
LONDON, -- A husband who stabbed his wife 10
times after he caught her having a "cyber
relationship" has been jailed for life.
Kemal Dogan, 36, a Kurd from Turkey live in north
London, was ordered to serve a minimum of 12 years
after being found guilty of murder at the Old Bailey
on Wednesday.
Dogan killed his wife Aygul, 23, after he caught her
baring her flesh on a webcam to her internet lover
in Turkey.
Jurors heard Dogan, from Stoke Newington, had also
been provoked after being "belittled" over his
infertility.
Kebab shop manager Dogan had admitted manslaughter
but denied murder on the grounds of diminished
responsibility.
Judge Peter Beaumont, the Recorder of London, told
Dogan he accepted there had been a "degree of
provocation" although not amounting to a defence in
law.
'Considerable violence'
He also accepted a submission by William Clegg QC,
that Dogan, an ethnic Kurd, had been suffering
"mental disorder" after having been tortured in his
home country of Turkey.
The judge told Dogan: "This was not a pre-meditated
killing. It does have all the hallmarks of a sudden
loss of control.www.ekurd.net
That said, you took the
life of your wife in circumstances of very
considerable violence."
But Brian O'Neill, prosecuting, said: "This is a
clear case of murder by a jealous and angry husband
as a result of his wife's perceived infidelity."
The couple married in their native Turkey in 1997
but had no children, apparently as a result of
Dogan's infertility.
Mr O'Neill said that in the weeks leading up to the
killing this had become a "strain" on their
relationship.
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