Police refuse to say whether a suspicion of pressure on the judges in the Zadorov trial has been investigated

Nearly two weeks have passed since Judge Cola expressed himself in a way that raised suspicions that he was pressured, saying that things were done at trial "that should not be done in a reformed state" - and the police did not respond.

The prosecutor's office today once again sought clarification of the judge's statement, arguing that there is no room to continue the trial without it, and were denied

Eli Ashkenazi

08/05/2022

Sunday, 08 May 2022, 17:52 Updated: 20:26

• Share on Facebook

• Share on WhatsApp

• Share on Twitter

• Share on Email

• Share on general

• Comments

  Comments

In the video: Ilana Rada turns to the judge and asks him not to abandon her (Photo: Eli Ashkenazi)

It has been 12 days since Judge Asher Kola said that in Roman Zadorov's trial "things were done in my opinion that should not be done in a reformed country", and it is still unclear whether the police opened an investigation in view of the serious statement that raises suspicion that judges were pressured during the trial.

At the same hearing held on April 28, the tribunal's father also spoke at the trial of the accused in the murder of Tair Rada about pressures being exerted "not only from the media, but also from factors you do not know."

From these words of Judge Cola, suspicion arises of the offense of threats and harassment.

In this case the offense that was allegedly made was even more serious because it was directed at a judge.

There is no doubt that threats and pressure on judges can harm the judiciary and the rule of law, especially since this is a retrial in the case of the murder of a young girl in a school and is of great interest to the public.

Query directed by Walla!

The police in an attempt to understand whether an investigation was opened in light of the things did not receive a response.

More on Walla!

The judge in the Zadorov trial decided to add a toothpick to the fire, and let the conspiracies infiltrate the court

To the full article

Police investigated his statement?

Judge Cola (Photo: Flash 90, David Cohen)

Ten days ago, the State Attorney's Office requested a clarification of the words of the head of the tribunal and even expressed the opinion that there was no room to continue hearing the evidence until the matter was clarified.

Judge Cola announced that the application was denied and clarified that the trial would continue as normal.

Even today, the prosecution asked the court for Judge Cola to "interpret and detail his remarks, which remain shrouded in mist."

The request, which was signed by Adv. Ilana Yerushalmi, the Northern District Attorney, states that "the accuser again expresses her opinion .

Moreover, leaving this claim unchecked may lead to the conclusion that the court's ruling in this case, whatever it may be, will be cast in deep public and legal doubt.

This, among other things, in light of other things uttered by the Honorable Father of the Court, at the same meeting, according to which 'I in this way can not judge this case with a willing mind'.

"Things are beautiful for any criminal trial in the State of Israel, and they are beautiful in the light of the procedure in the title, which is a retrial in a girl's murder case."

The response of the judiciary, which was transferred a week and a half ago, has not changed even after the State Attorney's Office's request today.

The wording of the response: "This is a pending case in the Nazareth District Court before a panel of three judges headed by Judge Asher Kola. According to the court, everything is documented in the minutes of the hearing in detail. ".

Hypotheses found at the murder scene

The trial itself is nearing the end of the hearing of the defense witnesses.

Tomorrow, Dr. Nurit Bublil, head of the biological laboratory at the Institute of Forensic Medicine, will testify on behalf of the defense.

An examination of three rootless hairs found at the murder scene revealed that they did not belong to the defendant, Zdorov, or Tair Rada herself and that one of them could have belonged to Adir Habani who was Ola Kravchenko's partner.

Habani claims that it was Kravchenko who murdered Tair Rada and that she wore his pants that day.

In rootless hair it is not possible to perform a test of nuclear DNA, but rather a test of mitochondrial DNA.

In contrast to the certainty of identification obtained from nuclear DNA, in the mitochondrial DNA test it is difficult to determine the degree of suitability for a particular person and it can only be determined that there is some statistical probability.

Because of the difficulty in finding a match the results of a mitochondrial DNA test are used in criminal proceedings mainly for the purpose of denying a connection and not for the purpose of determining identity.

Ruled that Adir Habani could not be ruled out as a profile contributor.

Dr. Bublil and Dr. Kugel (Photo: Walla! NEWS, Ministry of Health)

In his decision that a retrial should be held, Justice Meltzer wrote on this issue that "a clear rule has not yet been issued regarding the evidential status of mitochondrial evidence - I think it is better that the panel that will hear the retrial will examine, if appropriate, the possibility of discussing possible consequences. The mitochondrial that was allegedly found here. "

It should be noted that Bublil is the fifth defense committee of the defendant among the doctors of the Institute of Forensic Medicine, including the head of the institute itself, Dr. Chen Kugel.

• news

• News in Israel

• Criminal news and law

Tags

• Roman Zdorov

• Chen Kugel

• Bublil light

• Tair Rada