New autopsy of German girl murdered in Turkey confirms she was also raped
.c The Associated Press
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - A new autopsy report confirmed that an
11-year-old German girl who was killed while vacationing in Turkey
last year was raped and then suffocated, a lawyer for the girl's
family said Thursday.
The new report was issued by the Istanbul judicial medical institution
at the request of a court that is overseeing the case in the southern
town of Alanya after two earlier autopsy reports conflicted.
``The new autopsy report proved our claims,'' lawyer Zafer Kayakiran
said by telephone.
The report said that the girl died after having her nose and mouth
covered, and that she was raped shortly before her death, he said.
An autopsy report from Hanover, Germany, had also said that she was
raped. But an earlier report prepared in Alanya, Turkey, had said
that the marks on her body could have come from the doctors'
post-mortem examinations, and not from rape.
The girl's body was found in a forest near the Mediterranean town of
Alanya in October 2004.
Bulent Gulbay, who owned a clothing shop near her hotel and had a
record of sexually abusing juveniles, was arrested the next day and
later charged with her murder.
Gulbay, who maintains his innocence, has been in prison since his
arrest. He was transferred from the prison where he was initially held
after other inmates attacked and injured him.
The next court hearing is scheduled for Nov. 28.
11/10/05 14:05 EST
.c The Associated Press
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - A new autopsy report confirmed that an
11-year-old German girl who was killed while vacationing in Turkey
last year was raped and then suffocated, a lawyer for the girl's
family said Thursday.
The new report was issued by the Istanbul judicial medical institution
at the request of a court that is overseeing the case in the southern
town of Alanya after two earlier autopsy reports conflicted.
``The new autopsy report proved our claims,'' lawyer Zafer Kayakiran
said by telephone.
The report said that the girl died after having her nose and mouth
covered, and that she was raped shortly before her death, he said.
An autopsy report from Hanover, Germany, had also said that she was
raped. But an earlier report prepared in Alanya, Turkey, had said
that the marks on her body could have come from the doctors'
post-mortem examinations, and not from rape.
The girl's body was found in a forest near the Mediterranean town of
Alanya in October 2004.
Bulent Gulbay, who owned a clothing shop near her hotel and had a
record of sexually abusing juveniles, was arrested the next day and
later charged with her murder.
Gulbay, who maintains his innocence, has been in prison since his
arrest. He was transferred from the prison where he was initially held
after other inmates attacked and injured him.
The next court hearing is scheduled for Nov. 28.
11/10/05 14:05 EST
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