Suspicion of gang rape at a hotel in Ashdod:
After the police arrested a taxi driver on Sunday, Baruch Aharonov, as the main suspect in the case, today (Tuesday) his defense attorney, Adv. Ofra Siboni, claims that his serious condition caused by a car accident should be taken into account With complete disability and severe cognitive impairment. "
The suspected taxi driver who was involved in the car accident, according to Advocate Siboni, occurred about three years ago, while the case in which he was suspected of rape occurred six years ago, in 2015.
"This is a man who had a fatal car accident about three years ago that caused the death of his wife and another friend," the lawyer said, adding: "We expect the Israeli police to consider his difficult situation and adjust his detention conditions to his special needs. .
Police asked for Aharonov's detention to be extended by 15 days, but the court considered his condition and extended the detention by only 6 days.
According to the suspicion: the taxi driver gave the minor dangerous drugs
As you may recall, the police opened an investigation into a rape incident of a minor from 2015, by a number of suspects in a hotel in the city of Ashdod, with the taxi driver being the main suspect in the affair.
The complaint was received by a 21-year-old woman, after she decided to go to the police station, where the investigators uncovered the rape case that occurred in 2015.
The young woman's complaint states that when she was a 14-year-old girl, she used the service of a taxi driver in one of the cities in the south of the country towards Ashdod, and during the trip the taxi driver allegedly provided her with dangerous drugs, then took her to a hotel in Ashdod. And committed serious sexual offenses on her.
The investigation also revealed that the main suspect invited his friends to the same room, who also allegedly carried out their plot on the minor.
Upon the transfer of the investigation to the overt stage, police investigators arrested the main suspect (36, Ashdod), on suspicion of offending a minor on drugs, unlawful cause and other serious offenses.
The police investigation continues to locate the identities and arrests of the other suspects.
