An Istanbul court Wednesday sentenced a Muslim televangelist who surrounded himself with scantily clad ladies he called “kittens” to 8,658 years in jail in a retrial, nearby media reported.
Adnan Oktar led tv programmes surrounded with the aid of using ladies sporting plenty of make-up and little garments as he preached creationism and conservative values.
Last year, the 66-year-antique turned into sentenced to 1,half years for crimes such as sexual assault, sexual abuse of minors, fraud and tried political and army espionage.
But that ruling turned into overturned with the aid of using an higher courtroom docket.
During the retrial, Istanbul excessive crook courtroom docket sentenced Oktar to 8,658 years in jail on numerous fees such as sexual abuse and depriving a person in their liberty, the Anadolu information organisation reported.
The courtroom docket additionally sentenced 10 different suspects to 8,658 years in jail each, the organisation said.
Oktar, whom critics see because the chief of a cult, won notoriety for his programmes on the net A9 tv channel and had frequently been denounced with the aid of using Turkey’s non secular leaders.
In a prime crackdown on his group, he turned into taken into custody in Istanbul in 2018 as a part of a probe with the aid of using the city’s police economic crimes unit.
