Woman, 80, jailed 2 years for stopping granddaughter, 18, from going out at night

An octagenary Turkish grandmother was sentenced to 4 years and 2 months in prison for beating her little daughter with a slipper. The object was qualified as a weapon by the Turkish justice.

Asiye Kaytan hit her granddaughter in the arm to prevent her from leaving the home. The Turkish courts retained the use of slipper like that of a gun and condemned the octogenary.

She wanted to detain her granddaughter, she ended up losing her freedom. Asiye Kaytan, 80, was sentenced to four years and two months in prison by a Turkish court for beating her granddaughter with... a slipper. A gesture that, in the middle of a family dispute, turned into a legal case. Because for the Turkish justice, the slipper has become a weapon, and the attempt to detain her descendant, an act of deprivation of liberty. The events date ba…

Woman, 80, jailed 2 years for stopping granddaughter, 18, from going out at night

An 80-year-old woman in Turkey may spend over four years in prison after lightly striking her 18-year-old granddaughter on the arm with a house slipper during a domestic disagreement. Asiye Kaytan, who resides with her granddaughter Asiye Vural in the Topraklık district of Denizli, southwestern Turkey, has taken on a protective role since the young woman’s parents separated. On 9th August last year, tensions arose when Vural returned from work an

Granny Sentenced to 4 Years in Prison for Hitting Granddaughter on the Arm with a Slipper

An 80-year-old woman risks spending over 4 years behind bars for hitting her 18-year-old granddaughter on the arm with a house slipper during an argument.