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Due to the continuation of the proceedings: the Supreme Court released to house arrest a man accused of murder
Judge Stein granted the request of Yehoshua Rabbi, who five years ago was charged with the planned murder of Sharon Mizrahi, and since then the complex trial against him has continued.
The request was granted even though the house arrest apartment was not suitable, and despite the high level of danger posed by it.
"The presumption of innocence is to his credit"
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Yael Friedson
Friday, 13 August 2021, 13:19 Updated: 13:26
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The Supreme Court yesterday (Thursday) released Yehoshua Rabbi, who is charged with the murder of Sharon Mizrahi, under house arrest with electronic restraint, since five years have passed since the indictment was filed against him, and the trial is far from over.
Judge Alex Stein released him under harsh conditions: a bail of one million shekels, with 750,000 of them bail of a party who is not a close or distant family.
"In a freedom-seeking state, this procedure cannot include mega-detention until the end of the trial," Judge Stein explained.
Rabbi is charged with murder as part of Parsha 1131, which includes a series of offenses committed as part of a gang war between the years 2012-2011.
According to the indictment, Rabbi and his accomplices suspected that Mizrahi had assisted in the murder of their friend, Daniel Samara, known as Siyahu, and decided to murder him.
They made an appointment with him, and when Mizrahi arrived in the vehicle, Rabbi approached him, and shot him to death with 12 bullets with pistols.
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Release Rabbi for a million shekels bail. Upper (Photo: Noam Moskowitz)
Due to the sheer scale of the case, the trial began five years ago and is expected to continue for another two years, and Rabbi appealed to the Supreme Court demanding that he be released under house arrest. Unusually, Judge Stein decided to accept the request, even though the probation service ruled that the house arrest apartment - Rabbi's mother-in-law's house - was unsuitable, and the district court ruled that the level of danger posed by him was extremely high.
Judge Stein referred in the verdict to the difficulty in releasing a defendant in the murder: Or transferring him to electronic supervised detention outside the prison walls, is not 'why not?', But 'why yes?' ". The end of his trial is not in sight;And the presumption of innocence still stands in his favor. "
"The acts attributed to the rabbi are verified and clearly indicate his danger," Judge Stein (Photo: Image Processing, Jonathan Zindel, Flash 90)
It should be noted that during the trial the prosecution filed an indictment against a rabbi and another defendant, for threats against the state witness in the case.
According to the prosecution, the state witness said that during his testimony, Rabbi signaled to him many times with hand gestures, and hissed at him without sound and with prominent lip movements, "Wait for me to come out, it will be all right" and expressions of similar significance.
Conditions of release to house arrest with electronic restraint prohibit a rabbi from using cell phones and connecting to the Internet, and Judge Stein allowed police to use surveillance measures to ensure enforcement of the conditions, including wiretapping of supervisors' phones.
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