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Elovich submitted a request to cancel the trial: "The investigation of the 4000 case was conducted in an improper and scandalous manner" | Israel today

2022-08-10T08:15:34.038Z


The couple's defense attorneys claim in a long document that predatory pressures were applied that are against the law.


"Grievous flaws; a critical mass of appalling and frightening failures":

in a long and detailed document of about 200 pages, today the defense attorneys of Shaul and Iris Elovich submitted a request to the Jerusalem District Court to cancel their trial in case 4000 due to claims of protection from the tzaddik.

The defense attorneys wrote in the application that there were "severe flaws; a critical mass of horrifying and frightening failures" in the investigation process and the conduct of the trial.

The defense attorneys of the Elovich couple, attorneys Jack Chen, Shay Ilon, Naa Pirer, Yahal Dar and Shanir Khalimi, wrote in the application that "the investigation of the "4000 case" was conducted in an improper and scandalous manner, which is blatantly and abnormally contrary to the basic principles of fairness, justice and the pursuit of disclosure The truth." The defense attorneys added and claimed that "on the basis of selective and missing evidence, the version of the interrogated was collected.

In any case, their version in the investigation did not include reference to the set of relevant facts and did not compare it with relevant data in the material, certainly not with those that were not collected.

In this way, the investigators in prominent cases led to biased versions and harmed the defense's ability to defend itself and the court's ability to investigate the truth."

"The investigation crossed the limits of what is allowed."

Iris and Shaul Elovich, photo: Oren Ben Hakon

The defense attorneys referred to the investigative exercises and the pressure on the investigators, "predatory measures were used against the suspects that would not recognize their place in a state of law. Thus, in procedures related to gathering evidence, in arrest procedures, in a constant stream of offensive and biased leaks during the investigation and trial, in the seizure of property in violation of the law and in a humiliating manner, in prohibited and shocking investigative exercises, By interfering in the space of representation between suspects and their defense attorneys, by threats and deliberately difficult conditions of arrest and investigation. These were taken in an attempt to put pressure on the suspects and bring them in an improper way to provide their investigators, at any cost, incriminating evidence against the suspects themselves and others" and summarized their request that "the scandalous conduct of the accuser in each These events evoke a strong feeling. She clearly crossed the limits of what is allowed in a criminal investigation and in the administration of justice. The accumulation of the events is alarming. It rises to a critical mass that seriously, radically and blatantly infringes on the rights of the applicants and establishes grounds for the cancellation of the indictment for reasons of protection from justice."

As part of the request to cancel the trial, for example, the defense attorneys presented the judgment of the Supreme Court which stated that the police illegally seized the couple's art objects and jewelry.

They also claimed that during the investigation the investigators ignored the health condition of the couple, and that the investigation was conducted "under conditions of extreme hunger and sleep deprivation".

Attorney Zak Chen,

They also claimed that the interrogation exercise against state witness Nir Hefetz in which a "closer" to him was invited to a meeting at Lahab 433, as well as according to the defense attorneys, the use of family members of other subjects.

The defense attorneys also presented cases in which the prosecutor's office did not provide them with material investigative materials for the defense of the accused, such as the use of spies during the investigations.

According to the defense attorneys, "the use of spyware under the wiretapping law is illegal."

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Source: israelhayom

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