Cevide Secen
born: 1972
stabbed: 14 May 2010
Residence: Hof
Origin: Turkey
Children: 1 boy, 1 girl (at the time of the crime 17 years, 5 years)
Perpetrator: her husband Bulent S. (44 years)
Cevide (born Yildrim) works as a tailor. She is married under duress to a man from Turkey. The two have two children.
Bülent is an occasional worker. Because he abused his wife, they divorced in the spring of 2009 and in January 2010, the court forbade contact. Bülent was charged with aggravated assault. Nevertheless, he continued to harass his wife. He also threatened her brother and his children.
On 14 May 2010, he assaults her when she comes home from work. Cevide tries to escape but falls to the ground. In front of her two children, Bulent stabs her with a kitchen knife. The emergency doctor is unable to help. The perpetrator flees but is arrested shortly afterwards.
In May, the trial begins at the district court of Hof. The indictment stated that Bülent had realised that his wife was leading a successful life without him and was going to divorce him. He therefore decided to kill her. Bülent initially refused to testify, but through an interpreter he let it be known that he did not accept the German legal system. Later, he claims he is innocent, but he talks about a film tear.
In June 2011, Bülent was sentenced to life imprisonment. As a motive, the verdict states that the perpetrator wanted to demonstrate his unlimited right of ownership with the murder.
