Phone hacking in Netanyahu case said to hurt trust between police, prosecution
Channel 13 news reports the revelation of police allegedly hacking the phone of a key witness in the trial against Benjamin Netanyahu has sparked a crisis of confidence between police and the state prosecution.
The report says police initially assured the prosecution that no spyware had been used to access phones in the Netanyahu case, and only changed their tune after justice officials insisted that they check the matter.
Police are now insisting that there was only a single case in which phone data was accessed without approval — reportedly the phone of state’s witness Shlomo Filber — but the prosecution is not necessarily convinced.
Former Communications Ministry director-general Shlomo Filber arrives for a hearing at the Rishon Lezion Magistrate’s Court, on February 18, 2018. (Flash90)
