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2020-12-02T05:19:18.797Z


| SentencePolice Officer Rami Malka was convicted of sexual harassment and violating the legal order of his ex-partner • Judge: "The evidentiary picture led to the conclusion of an unequivocal conviction" A court in Kfar Saba convicted Rami Malka, a police officer with the rank of superintendent, of committing harassment offenses through telephone calls, sexual harassment, and violating a legal provision.


Police Officer Rami Malka was convicted of sexual harassment and violating the legal order of his ex-partner • Judge: "The evidentiary picture led to the conclusion of an unequivocal conviction"

A court in Kfar Saba convicted Rami Malka, a police officer with the rank of superintendent, of committing harassment offenses through telephone calls, sexual harassment, and violating a legal provision.

According to the indictment, the defendant was married to the complainant against him for 16 years.

Eventually, the couple divorced and in early 2014, Malka married another.

In April of that year, Malka suspected that the complainant was having a romantic relationship with another and against this background he began sending many messages to her mobile phone, via text messages and the WhatsApp app.

In the period between April 2014 and mid-July, he sent the complainant about 575 messages despite her requests that he stop.

In most of the posts he blatantly referred to her sexuality, insulted her and wished her death wishes.

Following his conduct, the defendant was summoned for questioning and even signed a bond prohibiting him from contacting the complainant for 15 days.

Nonetheless, Malka sent her a message in this language: "Hello, please remove my name and email and my phone is eager ..", and in doing so, it is alleged that he violated the legal provision.

The preliminary proceedings in this case lasted a long time, with the background stemming from Malka's medical condition, as stated in the expert opinion on his behalf in which it was alleged that he suffered from a chronic Bechchet disease, which manifested itself, among other things, in aggravated stress.

The defense submitted an expert opinion, according to which Malka could not appear for the hearings due to his illness and there was a high risk that his obligation to report would deteriorate to the point of endangering his medical life.

The prosecution did not agree with the opinion and asked to file a counter-opinion which was submitted about a year later.

His medical condition and his frequent hospitalizations at the time of the hearings on the one hand and the lack of agreement between the parties on the other hand, created an "exceptional and disturbing" trap in the opinion of the judge who heard the case.

It should be noted that Malka's line of defense changed several times during the procedure.

During his interrogation he actually confirmed sending "dozens or hundreds" of text messages and messages and admitted that these included curses and insults, but said that this was legitimate mutual correspondence against the background of a family dispute that should not be interfered with, and messages that were not threatening or harassing.

In response to the indictment Kfar Malka attributed to him.

The prosecution argued that the complainant's testimony was credible, lacking motivation and motivation for indictment, and sought to give full credence to her testimony.

On the other hand, Atar came to Malka's power to acquit him.

Judge Merav Greenberg noted in her decision to convict Malka, among other things, that "after examining the evidence and arguments, I found that the accuser was able to prove the defendant's guilt in all the offenses attributed to him. The evidentiary picture in the case before me leads to a clear and unequivocal conclusion."

She added that "the source of the acts the subject of the indictment is in the deterioration of the relationship between the defendant and the complainant, shortly after their divorce and his marriage to another. The thought that the complainant was having a romantic relationship with another, interpreted this as an injury to his dignity and the dignity of his children and against this background, and out of a sense of revenge, began with a relentless mishap of the complainant, which was expressed in sending messages and messages.

Source: israelhayom

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