Ex-president Katsav loses appeal to ease parole terms

Former president and convicted rapist Moshe Katsav loses his appeal to ease the terms of his parole, including being allowed to leave his home at night.

Even though the Prisoner Rehabilitation Authority reported in February that the disgraced politician was sticking to the terms of his release, the parole board rejects his appeal to loosen the restrictions placed upon him.

The former president, 71, was convicted in 2010 of two counts of rape among other related charges. He began serving his sentence in Ma’asiyahu Prison in December 2011. He was freed from prison in December after serving five years of a seven-year jail sentence.