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Man appears in court charged with murdering County Down women | |
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A man is appearing in court in Turkey charged with murdering two County Down women. | |
Marion Graham and Cathy Dinsmore, both in their 50s, were stabbed to death in a wood near the city of Izmir in August 2011. | Marion Graham and Cathy Dinsmore, both in their 50s, were stabbed to death in a wood near the city of Izmir in August 2011. |
Eyup Cetin, who is in his 50s, is attending a pre-trial hearing. His son, Recep Cetin, 22, is also charged with the murders and had been expected to appear in court. | |
Relatives of both victims are in Izmir. | |
Recep Cetin was the boyfriend of Shannon Graham, Marion Graham's 15-year-old daughter. | |
He initially claimed he was 17 and, until now, his case has been heard in the juvenile court. | |
However, in April bone marrow tests revealed he was 22, so his case was transferred to an adult court. | |
BBC Northern Ireland reporter Chris Page, who is in Izmir for Wednesday's hearing, explained how the Turkish justice system differed to that in the UK. | |
'Back to forest' | |
"The lawyer representing the families will put some questions to the accused and then put some question to the judges," he said. | |
"He (the lawyer) is going to suggest the accused are brought back to the scene, the forest where the women's bodies were found. He said that might put up a lot more lines of investigation. | |
"It was always the prosecution's belief that Recep Cetin did not act alone. They always said at least one other person was involved." | |
Ms Graham, from Newry, and Ms Dinsmore, from Warrenpoint, were on holiday in Kusadasi, about 100km from Izmir when they were killed. | |
Shannon was on a boat trip when the killings happened. She alerted police when she arrived home and could not get in touch with her mother. | Shannon was on a boat trip when the killings happened. She alerted police when she arrived home and could not get in touch with her mother. |
She is among the group of relatives who have travelled back to Turkey for the hearing. | |
Cathy Dinsmore's brother, George, and her nephew, Robert, are also in court. | |
Wednesday's hearing is expected to last about an hour, before it will be adjourned. The trial is not expected to begin for several months. |
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