The Amsterdam Court has sentenced Nevzat Koyak to 18 years in prison for the murder of Turkish daycare center owner Arzu Çakmakçi-Erbas.
In 2007 K. fled to the Netherlands from Turkey after escaping a prison where he was serving a sentence for murer.
The Amsterdam court today handed down a 22-year prison term to the murderer of Turkish daycare center owner Arzu Çakmakçi-Erbas.
Based on the testimony of witnesses, the court found Nezvat K., an immigrant from Turkey, guilty of murdering Erbas on August 11, 2009.
Public prosecutor Maaike Bienfait today called for a 25-year prison sentence for Nevzat K. (42), who is suspected of murdering Amsterdam day care center owner Arzu Çakmakçi-Erbas in August, 2009.
Erbas was stabbed twenty times.
• The screamer who created a stampede on crowded Dam square earlier this months remains in pre-arrest.
• The murder of a day care owner last year is being recreated in 3D for use during the trial of the only remaining suspect.
And Westermarkt was the scene of a Kiss-in yesterday — part of an international effort in support of tolerance.
Nevzat Koyak, the main suspect in the murder of Amsterdam day care center owner Arzu Erbas has in the past been convicted in Turkey for murder.
Meanwhile investigators have determined that, other than first thought, Koyak and Erbas did known each other.
Jealousy over a love affair is the possible motive behind the murder of childcare facility owner Arzu Erbas, Amsterdam police say.
The Turkish-Amsterdam woman arrested earlier this week is thought to have commissioned the murder because she believed her husband had a relationship with Erbas.
Amsterdam police this week has arrested a 31-year-old woman in connection with the murder last August of Arzu Çakmakçi-Erbas, owner of childcare facility Moeders Schoot.
A suspect previously arrested in the case is still in custody.