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Wednesday, June 14, 2017
From the Liveblog of
Wednesday, June 14, 2017
IDF soldier indicted for allegedly raping fellow soldier
An IDF soldier is indicted in a military court on charges of raping a fellow soldier on their base in southern Israel earlier this year, the army says.
Sgt. Eliav Hassid was arrested in late May after a female soldier in his unit filed a complaint with military police that he’d raped her.
Today, military prosecutors formally charge Hassid with the crime following an investigation.
When he was arrested, Hassid’s attorneys did not deny that their client had had a sexual relationship with his accuser, but said it was consensual.
The prosecution asks to keep Hassid in jail throughout the trial, but the court refuses the request. Hassid is remanded until June 21.
— Judah Ari Gross
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