After serving more than two-thirds of her prison term - Sigalit Haimovich, the murderer of the late Assaf Steirman, was released this morning (Wednesday) from prison. Haimovich's release from Ayalon prison Appeal the decision of the Parole Board of the Courts Administration in its case.
Sigalit Haimovich has been released, Photo: Jonathan Shaul
Haimovich, who was sent to 24 years in prison, filed a request for early release in October 2018 - which was denied.
After a series of appeals since reaching the Supreme Court in which her request for release was denied, last February she filed another request to get out of jail - and this was eventually granted.
Sigalit Haimovich has been released, Photo: Jonathan Shaul
Sigalit Haimovich has been released, Photo: Jonathan Shaul
Last week, Yotam, the late Steirman's brother, referred to the release committee's announcement of Haimovich's early release.
This is a decision that she preferred to consider a monstrous killer and be cruel once again to Assaf, and our family.
We are very disappointed with the decision. "
He added: "According to the signatories of the release letter, 'their hands trembled when they signed.' "Were there any signs of the monster's release? All pity for the wicked would end up being cruel to the merciful. Except for words that are empty of us, you murdered Assaf a second time. The killer has no forgiveness and no forgiveness. We will never be forgiven. Cain's mark will be on her forehead until her last day."
The late Steirman, Photo: From the film "Murder Without Motivation"
The brutal murder of the late Steirman (18) in 1996 by Haimovich and Rei Horev, then 17, shocked the country. After the completion of the investigation, four years later the two were prosecuted. "It was a murder for the sake of murder," the verdict stated. A feeling of compassion, and without hesitation of remorse. Just like that, in the evening of a day, in a pastoral neighborhood of a city. "Against someone who accidentally crossed the path of the defendants at that time."
The release committee's decision to advance Haimovich's release from prison made it clear that "the prisoner expressed sincere remorse, and better defined her way of looking at her humble and grave acts, in a way that indicates true and sincere remorse. To want a faded man in order to flatter or achieve liberation. "
The committee members further noted that "all the caregivers, without exception, compliment the inmate on the very significant rehabilitative way she has made, as well as the profound change of consciousness she has undergone. "In front of the caregivers honestly and openly, so we believe that she does not need an intensive envelope - and that she can function well in a certain form of independence."
Yaron Doron participated in the preparation of the article