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Ex-president Katsav won’t be released on parole — report

4 August 2016, 1:48 pm Edit

A parole board rejects a request by jailed ex-president Moshe Katsav to reduce his prison sentence by one-third on good behavior, Channel 10 reports.

The TV report says the board will reconsider his early release after he undergoes six months of rehabilitation in prison.

Former President Moshe Katsav walks out from the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on November, 2011 after Israel's Supreme Court unanimously upheld a rape conviction and a seven-year prison sentence. (photo credit: Kobi Gideon / Flash90)
Former president Moshe Katsav walks out of the Supreme Court in Jerusalem in November 2011. (Kobi Gideon/Flash90)

This is the second parole request by Katsav that has been denied. He is currently in the fifth year of his seven-year sentence on rape charges.

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