Former president and convicted rapist Moshe Katsav loses his appeal to ease the terms of his parole, including leaving his home at night.
Even though the Prisoner Rehabilitation Authority reported in February that the disgraced politician is fulfilling the terms of his release, the parole board rejects his appeal to loosen the restrictions placed upon him.
Former president Moshe Katsav arrives in his hometown of Kiryat Malachi on December 21, 2016, after he was released from Ma’asiyahu Prison where he served five years of a seven-year rape sentence (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
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.
Under the terms of his parole, Katsav is banned from leaving his home in Kiryat Malachi between the hours of 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. In addition Katsav is not allowed to make any statements to the media until December 2018, when his full seven-year sentence would have ended.
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