The court accepted the state's appeal against Beatty's sentence, and he sat behind bars • This, instead of the original sentence - 9 months of community service
The Central District Court today (Sunday) accepted the state's appeal against the sentence of Ronen Beatty, the father of singer Adi Beatty who was convicted of sexual offenses against seven girls aged 14-13, and increased his sentence to 20 months in prison.
This, instead of the original sentence imposed on Beatty - nine months of service work.
Arguments for the punishment of Ronen Beatty // Archive photo: Shmuel Buharis
The prosecution said in response to the aggravation of the sentence that "the defendant took advantage of the trust placed in him by the minors, his daughter's admirers, in order to commit various sexual offenses. His actions are extremely serious, both due to the use of exceptional power gaps between him and the minors." Long time and on many occasions. A court ruling from today conveys a double message: First, a clear and deterrent message to potential sex offenders who choose to commit sexual offenses on minors.
Secondly, he informed the victims of the offense, in this case and in general, that their cooperation with the law enforcement agencies is of crucial importance in order to enable the execution of these offenses. "
A Kfar Saba Magistrate's Court judge convicted Ronen Beatty of indecent assault on a minor under 14 (multiple offenses), indecent assault on a minor under the age of 16 (multiple offenses), and sexual harassment of a minor under 15. Carrot Beatty 9 months of community service, probation, probation for two years as part of a preventive treatment program for sex offenders and compensation for victims of crime in the total amount of NIS 100,000.
The prosecution appealed this sentence, demanding more than a year of actual imprisonment.
The notice of appeal, written by Advocate Ben Assulin, states that “the appellant will argue that the respondent's sentence deviates substantially and deviates from the punishment customary in the circumstances of the charges in which he was convicted, does not adequately express the need to deter the individual and many.
The court erred.
A time limit that the respondent's sentence should be placed at the bottom of the penalty complexes, and will also claim that a time error has been determined that the respondent's appropriate punishment in the circumstances of the case is 15 months imprisonment behind bars.
It was further stated that "the fact that the respondent acted with sophistication and using means to disguise the acts in question and even acted to intimidate the complainants after they revealed to his partner about the acts. In addition, the appellant will address the serious consequences of the respondent's actions on the complainants" .... The trial ... did not give due weight to the consequences of the acts committed by the respondent on the souls of the complainants.
This, as emerges, among other things, from what is stated in the surveys of victims of crime. "