05.07.2025 15:31
In the case of Hakkı Koca, who stabbed and killed his wife Leyla Koca in the middle of the street after she left their home in Bursa, a verdict has been announced. The husband, who stabbed the mother of four without blinking, was initially sentenced to life imprisonment with aggravated circumstances, but his sentence was later reduced to life imprisonment. Leyla Koca's children did not file a complaint against their father.
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The chilling incident occurred on August 31, 2023, in the Emek Zekai Gümüşdiş neighborhood on the Mudanya road. Hakkı Koca, seeing his wife Leyla Koca trying to escape from the car after they had an argument, chased her with a knife he took out of his pocket and stabbed her four times.
HE HAD SAID "FORBIDDEN LOVE" IN HIS FIRST STATEMENT
The unfortunate woman was taken to the hospital by the ambulance called to the scene, but despite all interventions, she could not be saved. The moment of the murder was captured second by second by a workplace security camera. The suspect, Hakkı Koca, was caught by citizens at the scene and handed over to the police. In his statement at the police station, Koca said, "I learned that my wife was in a relationship with someone else, we argued. She insulted me, and when she got out of the car and tried to escape, I followed her and stabbed her. I don't remember the rest."
HE HAD APPROACHED HER ON A TV SHOW
It was revealed that the couple, who appeared on a television program three months before the murder, also had an argument there, and moments when Hakkı Koca approached his wife in the studio were captured on camera. In the program, when Leyla Koca said, "I am not giving you that land," Hakkı Koca was seen displaying aggressive behavior, saying, "Don't talk nonsense!"
HE SAID "I REGRET" IN COURT AND RECEIVED A REDUCTION
In the sentencing hearing held at the Bursa 1st Heavy Penal Court, the defendant Hakkı Koca claimed that he was insulted and spat on during the argument, alleging that his wife was in a relationship with someone else. "When she got out of the car and tried to escape, I followed her and stabbed her. I regret it," he said. Leyla Koca's children also did not file a complaint against their father.
The court panel initially sentenced Hakkı Koca to aggravated life imprisonment for "intentionally killing his wife." However, due to his lack of a criminal record, his behavior during the trial, and the "possible effects on his future," his sentence was commuted to life imprisonment. The decision was made to continue the defendant's detention.
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