Man set apartment on fire after stealing wife's money and jewelries

A 48-year-old man had tried to play a quick one on his wife by setting thier apartment on fire after stealing her money and jewelries.

The weird incident happened at around 9:30am on Wednesday, June, 1 in Şehit İbrahim Latif Sokak, Tepebaşı.

The man identified only as I.A on Wednesday set the kitchen and a bedroom of the apartment on fire after taking the 8,000 TL and jewelry that his wife kept in the kitchen cabinet in in order to make the incident look like a theft.

The fire was extinguished by the Fire Brigade teams. The wardrobe in the bedroom, the various clothes in it, the straw roof and the carpet in the kitchen were damaged by the fire.

He was arrested following an investigation into the incident and taken to court on charges of deliberately and unlawfully setting a house on fire, in order to give the impression of theft.