A Turkish husband locked up for attacking his heavily pregnant wife but who was released when she refused to press charges against him has now allegedly cut her throat three days after he was released.

The murder occurred in the Turkish province of Konya, where Ramazan Menek, 22, killed his eight-month pregnant wife Tuba Menek, 23, by cutting her throat on 1st May.

According to the report of the local news website Gunboyu, Ramazan was arrested in January after he injured his wife in the leg during a quarrel. However, he was released after Tuba withdrew her complaint from the police on 28th April.

Ramazan, who came home after being released from prison, started a quarrel with his wife for an undisclosed reason. During the quarrel, he attacked Tuba with a knife.

Tuba ran to the bathroom, trying to save her life, but Ramazan followed the eight-month pregnant woman and cut her throat in the bathroom. At that moment, their two-year-old daughter Gulay Menek, who was scared, was trying to hide from her father.

Neighbours who heard the noise called an ambulance and police. The emergency teams who arrived at the scene could only confirm Tuba’s death.

Ramazan, who fled the scene with his daughter Gulay, was caught by the police and detained when he returned back to the flat for unknown reasons and was spotted and nabbed.

When reporters asked him why killed her he answered: “I did what I had to do”.

Ramazan was arrested by the court he was referred to on 2nd May.

The couple’s daughter was taken into state care and placed in an orphanage.