On video: Documentation of the devastation left after the massacre at the nature party in Ra'im/photo: Yotam Ronen
The Central District Court today (Sunday) ordered the release to house arrest of a 23-year-old resident of Petah Tikva who was accused of stealing an M16 rifle and a magazine from a man he knew who was recruited into the reserves.
This, after his relatives and his lawyer claimed that he committed the act against the background of severe anxiety from which he has been suffering since the murder of his best friend in the massacre at the "Nova" party.
The incident took place about two and a half months ago, when the Petah Tikva police opened an investigation after receiving a complaint about the theft of a military weapon from a resident of the city while he was on leave from reserve service.
In a short time, the young man was found and arrested on suspicion of stealing the weapon, which was found hidden behind a pile of cardboard in a garbage room in the building where he lives.
According to the indictment, the accused noticed the weapon that he stole from Opsen behind a mattress in the apartment of the acquaintance where he was staying, and when he left it for his car, he carried the weapon with him - later burying it in the garbage room.
Suffers from anxiety since the murder of his friend in "Nova".
The scene of the massacre in Ra'i/Yotam Ronan
"He took it to protect him and his family," claimed at the court hearing attorney Avi Cohen, who represents the accused on behalf of the public defender, while adding and presenting medical reports attesting to his medical condition. the circumstances of his friend's murder.
Unfortunately, the respondent lost a close friend on October 7th, he sat in the company of his friend's family and returned to his home when he has anxieties and fears that are not simple
. "I am aware of the offenses committed by my son, I am very angry.
We got a market.
It's serious, I'm sorry he came to this.
We ask that he get on the King's Road and continue his studies.
He writes songs, he dabbles in music, he wrote a song about his friend who was murdered and studies law.
I hope they accept him after this act."
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The police representative at the hearing responded to the claims about the defendant's mental state and claimed that in this case there is no reason to exempt him from full detention until the end of the legal proceedings in his case.
"The documents do not indicate an extreme situation, but anxieties from which he suffered in the past," he said at the hearing.
"My friend says that this is a person whose only desire was to protect his family members as a result of the war. I see no difference between this person and all the citizens of the country who want to protect themselves at this time. He could have chosen another legitimate legal path, such as applying for approval to obtain a gun license , but didn't do it."
"In light of all that has been said, the unique circumstances of committing the crimes, taking responsibility for the acts, the recommendation of the probation service and a direct impression of the supervision system - I found a place to deviate from the rule of actual arrest and order the arrest of the respondent in electronic handcuffs," Judge Efrat Fink said in her decision in the Central District Court.
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