A Navy officer was convicted of raping and sodomy a civilian at the base where he served

Major Priel Kalimi, a 33-year-old resident of Migdal Haemek, initially denied the allegations en masse, but after submitting a DNA sample that matched the findings at the scene, he claimed that the incidents took place with her consent. In it by force and performed in her acts of sodomy

Yoav Itiel

13/03/2022

Sunday, 13 March 2022, 09:02 Updated: 14:07

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The Navy's military tribunal today (Sunday) convicted Major Priel Kalimi, a 33-year-old resident of Migdal Haemek, of rape and sodomy in the circumstances of the rape of a civilian company worker at the base where he served. He submitted a DNA sample that matched the findings at the scene, claiming that the events took place with her consent.

He was arrested in early 2020. His defense attorneys, Tami Ullman, Adv. Shahaf Ullman and Adv. Closed, "and that his wife, a teacher by profession, might lose her job.

They further claimed that "gossip has spread on the subject among his community," and even presented documents from rabbis who know the defendant, who said that publishing the name could lead to his boycott of the community and further damage.

The court did not grant.

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Indictment against a Navy officer for rape and sodomy of a woman at a base near Haifa, January 2020 (Photo: Yoav Itiel)

According to the indictment, filed by prosecutor Captain Mai Arbel, following the investigation conducted by the MPC, Klimi at one point ordered the worker to reach a warehouse located in a secluded area of ​​the base to clean it. A week later, Klimi surprised the worker again near the same warehouse, persuading her to enter, where he forcibly grabbed her head and committed an act of sodomy

on her .

A week later, Klimi again led her to the warehouse, threatening her with his weapon and committing an act of sodomy on her.

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