Court releases name of alleged wife stabber after outrage at gag order

The Beersheba District Court permits naming a man who alleged stabbed his wife causing her serious injuries, overturning a lower court ruling days earlier that granted the suspect anonymity to preserve his reputation as the case is investigated.

Aviad Moshe, 45, is accused of stabbing his wife, Shira, 20 times and hitting her with a rolling pin earlier this month on the eve of the Rosh Hashanah holiday at their home in the southern town of Mitzpe Ramon, in the presence of their two-year-old child.

There had been public outcry after the Beersheba Magistrate’s Court ruled on Friday, during a hearing to extend the Moshe’s remand, that his identity should remain hidden, with Judge George Amorai accepting his argument that he should be given the opportunity to remain anonymous.