Six months after five Turkish men were convicted of the grisly murders of three Christians in southeast Turkey ten years ago, an appeals court has upheld their three consecutive life sentences in prison.

The regional Gaziantep 3rd Criminal Court of Appeals decision on 18 July confirmed the incarceration of Emre Gunaydin, Salih Gurler, Abuzer Yildirim, Cuma Ozdemir and Hamit Ceker for 39 years and nine months.

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