Both defendants were convicted of driving over and exonerating the late Benjamin Baiglaisen, but would only want a light sentence • In addition, the two will pay family compensation

• Suspected of involvement in the hit-and-run accident in Jerusalem, in the Traffic Court // Photo: Yehuda Peretz

The Jerusalem District Court convicted Meir Gamliel of a lawlessness offense after an accident. The friend sitting next to him in the vehicle, Nathaniel Sandrosi, was convicted of committing a passenger duty violation to call for help.

The two admitted and convicted under a plea bargain, and were sentenced to 15 months in prison for statelessness, and 7 months in prison for breach of duty to call for help. The defendants will also be forced to pay financial compensation to the deceased family, in an undisclosed amount.

The two were convicted that in April, in the midst of Passover, while driving in the Ramot neighborhood of Jerusalem, the vehicle in which Dres drove 11-year-old Benjamin Baiglaisen, who was crossing the road. The defendants noticed the injury, but did not stop to help, and instead Gamliel fled the scene while traveling at high speed. It was only after ten days that Sandrusi turned himself in to the police, and later his friend was also found.

Attorney Miriam Ben-Gal, of the Jerusalem District Attorney's Office, responded to the events: And even if not responsible for the accident and its consequences, as happened in this case. "