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Two years after winning: 12 years in prison for a 60-year-old man who raped and committed sexual offenses on his family members

The Haifa district sentenced a Haifa resident to 12 years in prison for raping and sexually assaulting three members of his family over the years. Two years ago he won the same case, and after the Supreme Court reversed the decision on appeal, the treatment was returned to the district, for sentencing. "The torture was terrible, but a serial rapist will go to jail"

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Yoav Itiel

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Judge Ron Shapira (Photo: Yossi Zamir)

The Haifa District Court today (Wednesday) sentenced a 60-year-old resident of the city to 12 years in prison for raping and other serious sexual offenses against his three minor family members over the years, after acquitting him in the same case about two years ago. The Supreme Court, headed by Justices Menachem Mazuz, Yosef Elron and Ofer Grosskopf, reversed the decision, convicted him unanimously and sent the case to the district court, where the indictment was filed five years ago. Today the automobile led by President Dr. Ron Shapiro sent him to jail. Another complaint, filed by one of his daughters, was closed due to obsolescence.

"There is no doubt that today we have achieved the victory of crime victims in the legal term, tedious and nerve-racking eight years," said Attorney Reli Guttman who represented them. "The torture was horrific, but he will finally go to prison for a serial rapist within the family," she explained. "On the other hand, a very big disappointment at the very lenient punishment. It must be remembered that he has committed serious offenses within the family for decades, in some complainants."

"When it comes to the multiplicity of cases and the multiplicity of complainants, it is clear that the punishment is excessive for Kola, and I very much hope that the prosecution will file an appeal because it is not possible to come to terms with such a low penalty for so many serious offenses," added Attorney Guttman.

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"Great disappointment at the mitigating punishment." Two years late, the defendant was sentenced (Photo: Nir Landau)

In the Supreme Court ruling, written by Justice Yosef Elron, he ruled that after carefully examining the evidence pending in the district court, he found that a solid evidentiary basis had been laid for the man's duty, "which does not allow any other plausible conclusion to be drawn. Committed the offenses attributed to him. "

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Adv. Reli Gutman (Photo: Yoav Itiel)

He added that the testimonies of the girls, who are now women, "supported and reinforced each other, and one continuous line could be identified that connects them. Although this line spans more than half a century, it shows a uniform pattern of behavior." Judge Elron explained that the pattern of the man's activities included "taking advantage of opportunities for a daily family reunion with a minor family member, momentary or planned, for the purpose of satisfying his sexual desires."

The offenses attributed to the man span four decades, from 1986 to 2012, when a complaint was filed with the police. "The investigation was very slow, and only after three years was an indictment filed," said Attorney Gutman, who has accompanied the women ever since. "Time and again, the prosecutor's office was required to ask the police to complete an investigation, and only in 2015 was an indictment filed. The trial has been going on in the district court for three years, with long months of pauses between hearings. "

"We achieved victory for the victims." Demonstration in protest of violence against women in Rabin Square (Photo: Reuven Castro)

Adv. Michael Carmel (Photo: Reuven Castro)

On the other hand, the man's defense attorney, Adv. Michael Carmel, said that "an innocent man goes to jail after being unanimously acquitted by the district court president, a Supreme Court decision precedent and rare, by reversing the acquittal and convicting the man while making credible findings To the complainant. "He explained that" I know the truth in this case, because I investigated the complainants in the case, and sat in the judge's office with the prosecutor when they advised her to return the indictment, after the complainants' testimony, unequivocally stated by all the judges that the complainants made an unreliable impression. obviously. "

he added that" unfortunately, the public atmosphere today portfolios sex, judges who dared to write a verdict that do not believe that the complainants will be crucified in the media, which in my opinion has adjudicated without findings credible. "he said," the complainants in this case crossed all bounds of obstruction of justice , called the judges murderers, violated the gag order and all without having to answer for that, "he said.

" Unfortunately, the only person who kept the law from the beginning of the investigation to the bitter end today is my client, unfortunately going to today lengthy prison term for no reason. "Advocate" D. Guttman, clarified that "these are five different women and of different ages, who testified about cases committed in "Different years, in different periods and some of them were then in their teens and then their children were injured." She wondered: "For all this not to believe as well as to believe in a serial rapist, who has no conceivable line of defense?". She wondered, "Why would they be slandered, with all the pain involved?".

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