A FATHER AND SON are set to stand trial in Turkey today for the murders of two women from Newry who were murdered while on holiday there last year.

The bodies of Marion Graham, 53, and Kathy Dinsmore, 53, were found in woodland on the outskirts of Izmir city in August 2011.

They had both been stabbed.

Recep Cetin, the younger of the two men accused of the double murder, was dating Graham’s teenage daughter at the time of the killings. There has been some controversy over his age: he claimed that he was 17 years of age, but this has been contested by prosecutors who claim that he is older.

He recently underwent bone marrow tests to determine his age but these have in turn been contested by the defence, who pushed for tests to be undertaken in a forensic laboratory setting. The results of this second set of tests have yet to be issued.

Cetin would face a much harsher sentence if found guilty as an adult than as a juvenile.

A lawyer for the Graham and Dinsmore families told RTÉ’s Morning Ireland that both families will attend the trial.