A married man is on trial in Turkey for killing his beautiful mistress after she allegedly flew into a rage when he accidentally called her by his wife’s name during sex.

The incident took place in the district of Maltepe in the north-western Turkish city of Istanbul on 9th December 2019.

Abdulselam Gunay, a married father-of-two whose age was not given, is accused of hitting Didem Mengu, 30, his lover of almost a decade, over the head with a cobblestone and then strangling her with a cord from a curtain as a result of the argument.

The suspect, who is on trial in Istanbul, said: “We met up in the evening, drank alcohol, and had sex. Then we started arguing and I got really angry and hit her head with a cobblestone.

“When I realised she was dead, I drove off in her car and came back to the flat later that day. I put her body in a suitcase and kept her phone with me.”

Reports said that the row happened because he had called her by his wife’s name while they were in bed together.

The victim’s mother Serpil Aksal Koseoglu told the Anatolian 16th High Criminal Court: “He first hit my daughter’s head with a cobblestone and then strangled her. What kind of anger is this? What could my child have done to deserve to be killed this way?”

The case continues.