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The verdict has been announced on the defendant Tuna Görgünoğlu, who was tried without arrest for sending emails containing insults and threats to the mayor of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, Ekrem İmamoğlu.
The court sentenced the defendant Görgünoğlu to 1 year, 10 months and 15 days in prison for “chain threat” and a judicial fine of TL 11,640 for “insulting a public official”.
Tuna Görgünoğlu, the pending defendant, did not attend the hearing, which was held at the 50th Istanbul Criminal Court of First Instance. Sercan Polat represented the president of the complainant IMM, Ekrem İmamoğlu.
“WE ARE COMPLAINTS”
Attorney Sercan Polat said: “We complained about the defendant. The defendant has shown no repentance. He is proud of his action. He made his threats in the most terrible way. He represented a danger to public safety. We demand punishment from the upper limit. . He made chain threats and insults. “
DISCOUNT HAS BEEN MADE
The court ruled that the defendant Tuna Görgünoğlu was sentenced to 1 year, 10 months and 15 days in prison, taking into account the crime of “threat” more than once. The defendant was also fined 11,640 TL for the crime of “insulting a public official with a voice and a written message” and the fact of having committed part of the crime on his social media account Twitter. No discount or postponement was made for showing no regret.
ACCUSATION
In the indictment, it was emphasized that the defendant Tuna Görgünoğlu continued to insult and threaten İmamoğlu in his posts on different dates than the social media account he used by including the content of the email he sent to the author on March 27 and the April 3, 2020.
The defendant Görgünoğlu was sentenced to 4 years, 9 months and 11 years in prison for “insulting a public official with a voice, written or video message due to his duty” and “chain threats with an unsigned letter or posters. special “. In his defense made at the first hearing on May 7, 2020, the defendant Görgünoğlu said: “I wrote the words of the prosecution myself. I wrote these words because I thought that Ekrem İmamoğlu was a member of FETO. I still believe it.” The defendant was released at the first hearing.
