Author: Sonja Francis

ENSAR GOL, who was yesterday found guilty for the murders of his wife and Mother-In-Law, has been sentenced to life in prison, with minimum 36 year term.

Before sentencing, the judge, Mr Justice Supperstone, told Gol: “The pain and suffering you have caused to the family will plainly be long lasting and with them for the remainder of their lives.

“You say you were unhappy here and didn’t get on with your mother-in-law. I totally reject any suggestion that anything she said or did provides you with any mitigation.”

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FAMILY and friends of Michala Gol and Julie Sahin have released the following statements following the sentencing of Ensar Gol to 36 years imprisonment for their murders, and for the attempted murder of their friend Casey Wilson.

Miss Wilson, who gave evidence during the trial at Oxford Crown Court, has released the following statement: “Standing up in court was the hardest thing I have ever had to do.

?I did this for my friends Julie and Michala who sadly did not live to be able to tell their story.

?Julie was my friend and confidant. She was kind and caring and nothing like the person the defence tried to portray her as.?

Julie?s husband Mehmet Sahin, who also gave evidence during the trial, said: ?My wife Julie and my step-daughter Michala were cruelly taken from me when they were brutally murdered on 4 September 2011.

?I went to work on Saturday 3 September a happy family man and this was devastatingly taken away.

?I met Julie when I was 23 years old and was so lucky to have 12 years with the one and only love of my life. I know that she loved me as much as I loved her.

?She was a wonderful and caring lady, who loved her daughter and grandchildren and it was awful to hear the lies he told about her.

?I am pleased that the jury saw through his lies and recognised he was guilty of Julie?s murder, Michala?s murder and the horrible attack on Casey.

?It breaks my heart that the children and I will never see Julie or Michala again.

?I would like to thank the police, the CPS and the barrister for all their help and helping bring him to justice.

?No sentence can bring back my wife or Michala but I can try to re-build my life knowing he has been found guilty.?

Julie Sahin?s brothers Wade and Patrick Anderson have released the following statement: ?The events of 4 September 2011 have changed the lives of our family forever.

?Our sister Julie and our niece Michala were brutally murdered by a man who was the father of Michala?s children.

?Julie was a wonderful and special daughter and sister who doted on her grandchildren. She was in a loving marriage to Mehmet and it was hard to hear the lies from Gol in court.

?Michala, our niece, was a beautiful young mother who only ever wanted the best for her young children.

?Our mother?s health has got worse since their deaths and I do not know if she will ever be able to recover from this.

?Their deaths have left a huge hole in our lives.

?He has never shown any remorse for his actions and Michala?s children will now grow up without either of their parents.

?There is no sentence that a court can give him that will ever be enough as Julie and Michala can never come back. However we are satisfied that the sentence from the judge is appropriate.

?As a family we would like to say a massive thank you to the police, CPS, barrister and the jury for their help in finding him guilty.?

SOURCE: Thames Valley Police press release

A man who killed two women with a kitchen knife in their Thame home, and attempted to murder a family friend who came to their aid, has been found guilty.

Ensar Gol, 22, murdered his own wife, 28 year-old Michala Gol, and her mother, Julie Sahin, 50, at the family house in Ireton Court, Thame, on September 4, 2011, after boasting on Facebook and to friends and relatives that he was going to kill them both.

That fateful night, Gol, fuelled up on alcohol, jealousy of rekindled romance between his wife and a former boy friend, and by a build-up of resentment against his wife and Mother-In-Law, went into the kitchen while she and a young friend, Casey Wilson, were watching TV. There he took a kitchen knife, and without say a word to them, went upstairs where his wife, Michala was asleep in bed.

Whilst there young daughter slept in the same room, Gol began a frenzied attack on his sleeping wife. Hearing the screams, Julie and Casey rushed upstairs and in their fruitless efforts to save their friend, were themselves seriously injured.

Julie died of her injuries after being chased down the stairs by Gol, stabbed again half-way down, finally dying at the foot of the stairs. Paramedics called to the house described a horrific scene of blood spattered walls and carpets.

Casey managed to get away and ran out of the house from where she called the emergency services. It later emerged that the knife had missed an artery in her neck by just 1 mm.

The jury at Oxford Crown Court today were unconvinced by Gol’s hastily put together defence that Julie had threatened to kill HIM and that SHE had attacked him with the knife first.

The subsequent carnage that ensued, according to Gol, was because it was dark in the room and he was in fear for his own life, not knowing if the women had other weapons and were going to kill him. He attributed his loss of control to fear and his alcoholic consumption.

The judge will pass sentence tomorrow morning.

One witness, a neighbour, told Thamenews.net outside the court: “This is one of the best days of my life. Whilst this result will not bring our friend back, we can now rest knowing that justice has been done.”

IMAGE: Gol is caught on CCTV in Thame town centre on the night of the murder, talking on his mobile phone to friends and family back in Turkey, still clutching the murder weapon in his right hand.