Four times inside a locked warehouse: A Navy officer charged with rape was released for publication

Major Friel Klimi, a 33-year-old resident of Migdal HaEmek, is a naval officer charged with rape and sodomy in a civilian company employee at the base he served. Klimi initially denied the allegations, but after delivering a DNA sample that matched the finding at the scene, he claimed the events took place with her consent. : "Conflicting evidence"

Four times inside a locked warehouse: A Navy officer charged with rape was released for publication

Naval officer charged with rape at base is Major Periel Kalimi - Tuesday, released for publication in the Navy Military Court at Hadar Base in Haifa. Kalimi, a 33-year-old resident of Migdal Haemek, married with five, was arrested two weeks ago and charged with rape, Acts Sodom and Inos circumstance in a woman working on behalf of a civilian company at the base where he served.The prosecution seeks the extension of the defendant's arrest until the end of the legal proceedings against him.

The decision to release his name was delayed yesterday to allow Kalimi's defense attorneys, attorney Tami Ullman and attorney Yaakov Shlomovitz, to appeal the decision. They claim that his name should be banned because Klimi "belongs to a closed ultra-Orthodox community," and that his wife, a teacher by profession, could lose her job. They also claimed that "gossip has spread over the issue in his community," and even presented documents from rabbis familiar with the defendant, who said the publication of the name could result in his being confiscated from the community and other damages. However, the lawyers chose not to appeal.

The Chief Justice, Major Justice Haim Balilty, stated that the public hearing was the rule, rejecting defense counsel's request to ban his identity.

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Claimed that the events took place with her consent. Navy officer in court hall (Photo: Yoav Itiel)

Indictment against Navy officer for rape and sodomy of woman at base near Haifa, January 2020 (Photo: Yoav Itiel)

As the indictment, which was filed by Capt. May Arbel, as well as the DIP investigation, Kalimi at one time instructed the employee to come to a warehouse in a secluded area of ​​the base to clean it. When the defendant entered, the door locked her hand and raped her. Because a week later, Klimi surprised the employee once again near the same warehouse, convincing her to come in, where he forcibly grabbed her head and committed a sodomy.

The indictment also shows that a week later, under similar circumstances, Climie dragged the employee to one of the warehouses and raped her again. A week later, Kalimi led her to the warehouse again, threatening her with a firearm and sodomy.

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"Serial rapist"

During the hearing, the prosecutor, Lieutenant Colonel Bat El Erez Levinsky, said that where the alleged events took place were sperm remains that corresponded to the officer's DNA. She said the officer initially denied any sexual interaction between him and the woman, but after giving a rock sample changed his version , Noting that two of the events that took place were "with the consent and initiative (of the employee)".

The indictment does not specify the dates when the alleged incidents occurred, but defense attorneys say the incident was claimed as of six months ago.

According to Climi's attorney, Attorney Tammy Ullman, he will be charged. In a court hearing, she claimed that the woman had already filed numerous rape complaints in the past, calling her "serial rapist." "It was enough for me to read an initial reading of the evidence I received only an hour ago The debate, and so many contradictions have already emerged from it. Each one tells a different story. She did not tell him about his psychiatrist at all, and did not tell the police when she filed a complaint that someone had beaten her. I told the military prosecution that I did not understand how in this case they had indicted.