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The Haifa Magistrate's Court acquitted (Sunday) Deputy Superintendent Amit Polak, who in practice served as the commander of the Haifa station and was accused of fraudulently obtaining information, aiding impersonation and obstructing legal proceedings.
The investigation into his case began about four years ago.
Sen. Pollak was then in one of the most difficult periods of his life - after his mother had a stroke and he nursed her, and in the meantime he was required to fulfill the role of commander of the Haifa station after it underwent a surprising and urgent medical event, all while he was in the middle of a difficult divorce proceeding. According to the indictment she filed against
him Department of Police Investigations at the Ministry of Justice, Polk helped his partner impersonate himself in order to find out his wife's credit card details. However, in the judgment, Judge Shlomo Banjo ruled that the police officer did not meet the burden placed on her to prove his guilt, and he acquitted Polk beyond a reasonable doubt of all charges against him
Amit Polak (Photo: Israel Police Spokesperson)
The judge determined that there is no evidence whatsoever that Senaz Polk was involved in impersonating his spouse as another person, or tried to influence in any way a police investigation that was underway. This is because there is no evidence that he asked his spouse to impersonate the credit company, did not plan things in advance and that " In fact, no evidence was presented, showing a clear and direct contribution to the act of impersonation. "Also, the judge was convinced by his coherent testimony, including his consistent statements that he was not at all aware of the acts of impersonation in front of the credit company. Also the witness of the prosecution, Deputy Superintendent
Mary Danieli, former commander of the Nahariya station, contributed to the acquittal, after the judge stated that she "clarified unequivocally, consistently, throughout her testimony, that she never gave the defendant information from the investigation, recordings or the contents of the recordings, or any detail that could have helped the defendant understand and know about them The contents of the materials concerning the accused, so that he can coordinate her testimony, or disrupt the investigation opened against her."
During the trial, to Judge Banjo's question, she admitted that she should have handed over the material that came to her to the police, since it was a police officer, and removed her hands from him. She told about the conflict she felt, and realized today in retrospect, that it was indeed a mistake on her part Do not transfer the material directly to the tax office.
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"No evidence was presented that shows a clear contribution to the act of impersonation" (Photo: Reuven Castro)
In this context, Judge Banjo expressed his astonishment at the decision of the Police Department to file an indictment against Sen. Polk, while in the case of Sen. Danieli, the Police Department was satisfied with a command comment only.
"The involvement and command responsibility of Senator Danieli, as the person in charge of the investigation, as a station commander, was significant and distinct from that of the accused, and unfortunately equal to him," noted
Attorney Amit Hadad and Noa Milstein, from Hadad Roth Shanhar, who represented Senator Polak's office responded: "We welcome the court's just decision to acquit Sen. Polak of all the offenses attributed to him. Sen. Polak is an outstanding and respected officer with a promising future in the ranks of the police.
We are happy that the black cloud over his head has been removed, and now he can go back and focus on his family and his blessed public work for the benefit of the people of Israel."
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