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| Turkey murders: Son found guilty of Graham and Dinsmore murders, father is cleared | |
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| A man has been found guilty of murdering two women from Northern Ireland who were stabbed to death while on holiday in Turkey. | A man has been found guilty of murdering two women from Northern Ireland who were stabbed to death while on holiday in Turkey. |
| Marion Graham and Cathy Dinsmore were attacked and killed in August 2011. Their bodies were found in a wood on the outskirts of the city of Izmir. | |
| Recep Cetin, the former boyfriend of Ms Graham's teenage daughter, has been given a life sentence for both murders. | Recep Cetin, the former boyfriend of Ms Graham's teenage daughter, has been given a life sentence for both murders. |
| His father, Eyup Cetin, was acquitted of the murders by the court in Turkey. | His father, Eyup Cetin, was acquitted of the murders by the court in Turkey. |
| Recep Cetin, who is in his 20s, had admitted stabbing the victims but had denied murder. | |
| Ms Graham was stabbed 17 times in the attack and Ms Dinsmore suffered 35 stab wounds. | |
| The two women, who were both in their early 50s, were good friends who had often gone on holiday together. | |
| Ms Graham was from Newry city in County Down and Ms Dinsmore lived just a few miles away in the town of Warrenpoint. | |
| They were staying in the Turkish resort of Kusadasi at the time of the murders. | |
| Recep Cetin, who worked as a waiter, was arrested and charged shortly after the bodies were found. | |
| Initially, he falsely claimed to be 17-years-old in an effort to be tried in the juvenile court, where sentences are lighter. | |
| The trial was further delayed when Recep Cetin said he was psychiatrically ill. Medical examinations showed that he was not. |