Report by Tanya:
Turkish husband poses with his pregnant wife ‘moments before he threw her to her death so he could claim life insurance money’
• Hakan Aysal, 40, allegedly threw his heavily pregnant wife Semra Aysal off cliff
• Aysal was arrested for murder of wife and unborn baby while they were on holiday in Mugla, Turkey.
• Aysal allegedly pushed his wife, who was seven months pregnant, in June 2018.
• Prosecutors claim he planned the murder of his wife by first taking out a personal accident insurance on her behalf.
The couple had been taking pictures together on the cliff, and prosecutors say the ‘accident’ was in fact murder carried out by Aysal so that he could cash in on the insurance he took out shortly before Semra’s death.
In the indictment prepared for the crime of ‘deliberate murder’ against the husband, it states that he ‘planned the murder of his wife by first taking out a personal accident insurance on her behalf with a guarantee of 400,000 Turkish Lira (£40,865) and where the only beneficiary was himself’.
He has denied being responsible for her death, saying: ‘After taking a photo, my wife put the phone in her bag. Later she asked me to give her the phone.
‘I got up and then heard my wife scream behind me when I walked a few steps away to get the phone from her bag. When I turned back, she was not there. I did not push my wife.’ The investigation continues.
