Court rejects Netanyahu lawyers’ request to dismiss evidence from state witness’s phone

Former Communications Ministry director-general Shlomo Filber arrives for a hearing at the Rishon Lezion Magistrate's Court on February 18, 2018. (Flash90)
Former Communications Ministry director-general Shlomo Filber arrives for a hearing at the Rishon Lezion Magistrate's Court on February 18, 2018. (Flash90)

The Jerusalem District Court rejects a request by former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s defense lawyers to not permit evidence obtained from the phone of key state witness Shlomo Filber, after it emerged his mobile device was illicitly hacked by police.

Testimony is now set to resume in the case tomorrow.

Prosecutors have acknowledged that Filber’s phone was hacked with NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware, but asserted that no relevant information was found or used in the case.

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