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| Father collapses in murder trial | Father collapses in murder trial |
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| A father accused of murdering his daughter in a so-called "honour killing" has collapsed during the trial at the Old Bailey. | A father accused of murdering his daughter in a so-called "honour killing" has collapsed during the trial at the Old Bailey. |
| Mehmet Goren, 49, denies killing Tulay Goren, 15, from Woodford Green, north London, who went missing in 1999. | Mehmet Goren, 49, denies killing Tulay Goren, 15, from Woodford Green, north London, who went missing in 1999. |
| Mr Goren collapsed after apparently suffering a fit as the teenager's mother Hanim began to give evidence as a prosecution witness. | Mr Goren collapsed after apparently suffering a fit as the teenager's mother Hanim began to give evidence as a prosecution witness. |
| The judge has adjourned the case temporarily. | The judge has adjourned the case temporarily. |
| Tulay's uncles, Cuma Goren, 42, of Evesham Avenue in Walthamstow, east London, and Ali Goren, 55, of Brettenham Road, Walthamstow, also deny murdering her on January 7 1999. | Tulay's uncles, Cuma Goren, 42, of Evesham Avenue in Walthamstow, east London, and Ali Goren, 55, of Brettenham Road, Walthamstow, also deny murdering her on January 7 1999. |
| The jury has been told the Kurdish Turk teenager was killed over her affair with Halil Unal, who she worked with, but who comes from a different sect of Islam. | |
| Mehmet Goren and his brothers also deny a charge of conspiracy to murder Halil Unal between May 1998 and February 1999. | Mehmet Goren and his brothers also deny a charge of conspiracy to murder Halil Unal between May 1998 and February 1999. |
| Earlier the court heard from Mr Unal who said that days before her alleged murder Tulay had run away from home and they had tried to get married but could not as the girl was under age. | Earlier the court heard from Mr Unal who said that days before her alleged murder Tulay had run away from home and they had tried to get married but could not as the girl was under age. |