Ogun Samast has regretted the murder

PanARMENIAN.Net
25.01.2007 17:49 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ ‘Agos’ bilingual Armenian-Turkish weekly editor
Hrant Dink’s suspected murderer Ogun Samast signed a confession saying
that he regretted the murder, and that his intention had been to give
himself up to the police in Trabzon after meeting with his family. This
amounts to a change in his confession because during his preliminary
investigation he had said he did not regret killing Dink. "While I was
watching TV at my uncle’s house, just after the murder, I understood
that I committed a big crime because people were saying ‘Turkey will
be in a very difficult situation." 17-year-old Samast said.

Meanwhile, Dink’s lawyer Erdal Dogan mentioned that they would demand
a bone analysis test to determine Samast’s real age. If Samast’s
actual age turns out to be above 18, he stands to be tried with a life
sentence. Hakan Hakeri, Associate Professor of Criminal Law at Selcuk
University in Konya, said Samast would receive a sentence of 18 to 24
years in prison, since he is not legally an adult. But in this case,
it would increase the sentence of the so-called "older brothers"
behind the murder.