Turkish court convicts Somalia president’s son over motorcyclist’s death, commutes sentence to fine

Published January 16, 2024 4:11 AM

By MEHMET GUZEL and SUZAN FRASER
Associated Press

ISTANBUL (AP) — A Turkish court has convicted the son of Somalia’s president over the death of a motorcycle courier and sentenced him to 2 1/2 years in prison. It then commuted the sentence to a fine equal to $910. Mohammed Hassan Sheikh Mohamud was charged with “causing death by negligence” after a diplomatic car he was driving hit the motorcyclist on a highway in Istanbul in November. The motorcyclist died six days later. Turkish media reports said Mohamud returned to Turkey last week to testify, after which an arrest warrant and a travel ban were revoked. The court convicted Mohamud in absentia.

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