Key witness in PM gifts probe ‘dramatically’ changes police testimony

One of the witnesses in one of the corruption investigations into Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his family’s accepting of gifts from wealthy businessmen, has made a “dramatic shift in his testimony to police last week.

Channel 2 reports that Hollywood mogul Arnon Milchin adjusted the total amount of money he spent on the gifts for the Netanyahus, as well as the prime minister’s knowledge of the sums of money involved.

The TV channel says that in light of Milchan’s watered down testimony, police have a renewed interest in locating another witness, Australian billionare James Packer, who has so far eluded Israeli police investigators.

Milchan’s revised testimony is making police question whether the movie director would be a reliable witness should the case go to to trial.