Standing trial at the Gaziantep 10th Penal Court of First Instance on the grounds that he hurled insults and threats against Evrensel newspaper’s reporter Umut Yeğin, who reported on the heavy working conditions of OBA Makarna (Pasta) workers in Antep, Oba Makarna employer Musa Özgüçlü has been acquitted of insult. He has been sentenced to pay a judicial fine of 720 Turkish Lira (TRY) for threat. The court has deferred the fine and the pronouncement of the verdict (July 30).