An Israeli extradited to the US has been convicted of sexual assault of a 15-year-old
Fifteen years ago, Moshe Giorno was arrested in Pennsylvania on suspicion of raping a 15-year-old girl. He fled to Israel and, after being identified by the FBI, was finally extradited to the United States following a legal battle in the country. He was convicted as part of a plea bargain for four sexual assault offenses
An Israeli extradited to the US has been convicted of sexual assault of a 15-year-old
Photo: Israeli police spokeswoman, edited by Asaf Drury(Video: Police arrested a rape suspect about a decade ago in Ra'anana)
The United States Court on Monday convicted Moshe Jorno, a Horizon resident who was extradited from Israel to the United States in February of 2004, after he was suspected of raping a 15-year-old girl in a plea deal between District Attorney Daniel Kaddy and Jorno's defense attorney , Back when the prosecution charge of the rape offense was erased, the minor impeachment offense was cleared, and he pleaded guilty to four counts of sexual assault, even in aggravating circumstances, some of which are analogous to the rape offense in Israel.
Moshe Jorno, 54, has so far denied for 15 years the charges attributed to him. The FBI found him in Israel in 2009, through a Facebook account he opened, and after a lengthy legal battle he waged in the country, he was extradited to the United States. "The State of Israel must not be put into shelter for offenders," the Jerusalem District Court ruled.
Defense Attorney Avigdor Feldman, Tomer Naveh and Yimima Abramovich, who represented him in the Supreme Court, used the National Law and argued that because of his Jewishness and being a citizen of the State of Israel, the law extends the extradition law and requires that his sentence be served in Israel. Judges Noam Solberg, Anat Baron and Ofer Grosskopf said the three rejected the appeal and paved the way for extradition for which the United States waited for many years.
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Moshe Giorno, extradited to the United States on suspicion of 15-year-old rape in Pennsylvania in 2004 (Photo: official website)
An Pennsylvania police officer told the media and the girl today that she is a 30-year-old woman because all those years the law enforcement agencies did not forget her or forget this case. The FBI told the media that Giorno might think he could do whatever he wanted elsewhere in the world, if he just left Western Pennsylvania, but the FBI had a "long hand."
In the United States, we commended the cooperation between the various authorities, including the Israeli authorities. Sentencing will be given in Pittsburgh court in March, and for his serious offenses convicted of his confession, he is expected to face a long prison sentence. In addition, in parallel with the criminal proceedings, the girl also sued him in civil proceedings.
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Moshe Junro is handcuffed in the United States (Photo: Screenshot)
The rape happened 15 years ago when the 15-year-old girl arrived with a girlfriend at Jorno's clothing store, Mo-Chalk, in the Pittsburgh metropolitan Dormont district. Giorno knew the girl from her previous visits to the store. According to him, he offered her and her friend a free tan in the booths in the adjacent shop and the two accepted the offer. The girl later said that when they reached the tanning rooms, Jorno took her into a room far from the room her friend entered, where she found that she could not close or lock the door behind her.
According to her, he went into the room, committed indecent acts and raped her. The girl said she tried to keep him away from her, but was unsuccessful. After his actions, Giorno tried to coax her into further sexual contact and even threatened that she would not tell anyone. The girl reported to her mother that day, and an investigation was opened against Giorno and he was arrested. He was brought to court in the city the next day when he was handcuffed, claimed the girl "started with him", and was released on bail. Shortly afterwards, he boarded a flight to Israel, and fled.
