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PROSECUTOR APPEALS RULING IN DINK MURDER CASE
PanARMENIAN.Net
March 29, 2012 - 19:47 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Prosecutor Hikmet Usta has appealed the ruling in
the Hrant Dink murder trial, arguing that the crime was an organized
hit, Hurriyet Daily News reported.
Usta said the court's ruling acknowledged the existence of an
organization behind the killing, but said there was a "lack of
evidence" to prove its existence. The prosecutor said he based the
appeal on the grounds that the court reached a verdict despite serious
deficiencies in the investigation of the case.
"The court should have requested that the prosecution collect more
evidence if it was lacking," Usta said. "The court rejected our
requests to expand the investigation, it did not examine documents
related to the Ergenekon gang and did not include people in the case
who should have been put on trial with the existing suspects."
PanARMENIAN.Net
March 29, 2012 - 19:47 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Prosecutor Hikmet Usta has appealed the ruling in
the Hrant Dink murder trial, arguing that the crime was an organized
hit, Hurriyet Daily News reported.
Usta said the court's ruling acknowledged the existence of an
organization behind the killing, but said there was a "lack of
evidence" to prove its existence. The prosecutor said he based the
appeal on the grounds that the court reached a verdict despite serious
deficiencies in the investigation of the case.
"The court should have requested that the prosecution collect more
evidence if it was lacking," Usta said. "The court rejected our
requests to expand the investigation, it did not examine documents
related to the Ergenekon gang and did not include people in the case
who should have been put on trial with the existing suspects."