Four convicted over fatal hotel pesticide poisoning
A court has sentenced two officials of a pest control company to 18 years in prison each, over the deaths of a German-Turkish family of four who died after being poisoned by pesticide used at the hotel where they were staying in Istanbul.
The court found company owner Serkan Kışı and his son, Zeki Kışı, guilty of causing multiple deaths through conscious negligence, handing each an 18-year prison sentence.
Hotel owner Hakan Oğlak was sentenced to 13 years and four months in prison, while company employee Doğan Cağferoğlu received a sentence of 12 years and two months. Hotel employee Muhammad Moeen Ud In Chıshtı and another defendant were acquitted.
Prosecutors had sought prison terms ranging from two years and eight months to 22 years and six months for the defendants on charges of causing the deaths of multiple people through conscious negligence.
