Adv. Yarom Halevi, representing the killer of the late Tair Rada, asked to allow Dr. Chen Kugel, head of the Institute of Forensic Medicine, to testify • Zadorov is expected to be present at the hearing
The fight of Roman Zadorov, who was convicted of the murder of the late Tair Rada in December 2006 in Katzrin, returns to the Supreme Court this morning (Tuesday). In the courtroom of Judge Hanan Meltzer, a hearing will take place at 10:00 Mr. Chen Kugel, head of the Institute of Forensic Medicine, testified.
Zdorov himself is expected to be present at the hearing.
Archive photo: Yoni Rickner
As you may recall, last week the issue came up in a court hearing.
In the decision, the judge ruled that the prosecution will submit until Thursday last week the appendices to the settlement to prevent a conflict of interest of Dr. Kugel. A notice will also be submitted by the prosecution by that time addressing the question of whether there is any change in position The possibility that Dr. Kugel will submit an opinion on the issue that was at the center of the second part of today's hearing means whether the prosecution still opposes Kugel's testimony.
The State Attorney's Office's response that was indeed submitted also shows that the Attorney General's position did not change. In the documents submitted to the court, it was stated, among other things, that "after examining the matter, the Attorney General's position did not change Among the reasons, the attorney general mentioned the difficulty involved in the fact that the Institute of Forensic Medicine had previously given an opinion in favor of a conflict of interest claim. In addition, the State Attorney's Office can testify to state-funded outside experts. Experts from around the world.
Judge Meltzer will have to decide today whether to summon Kugel as a defense demand or another expert and whether to see that the alleged view, including the recording of the head of the institute, as part of a lecture he gave to students of Tel Aviv University School of Medicine, is acceptable.