Petty Officer Hüseyin Güneş Özmen’s trial for murdering his wife, intern doctor Ayşe Yılbaş, had its fourth hearing today at Istanbul’s 4th High Criminal Court.

According to lawyer Hülya Gülbahar, the hearing that took place last Friday (Sept. 12) was adjourned to November 7, since neither the suspect nor the medical report from the Judiciary Medical Institution about Özmen’s state of mind were at the court.

Gülbahar said that they were waiting for the medical report from the Judiciary Medical Institution in order to start the process.

When Özmen’s lawyer had claimed in the last hearing that his client’s medical state was not stable, Yılbaş’s lawyers had answered him by asking how he was able to do his military duty. Therefore the judge had transferred the suspect to the Judiciary Medical Institution.

Yılbaş was killed on February 22 by her husband Petty Officer Özmen, whom she was trying to divorce.

Özmen had defended himself in his first hearing on May 13 by claiming that he was not in himself at the time of the murder.

In the second hearing on June 12, the judge had refused the demand by the women organization to join the trial on the side of the victim on the grounds that these organizations were not harmed by this incident. (EZÖ/EÜ)