Rabin’s killer Yigal Amir files request for retrial

26 November 2017, 5:49 pm

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Yigal Amir, who is serving a life sentence for the assassination of prime minister Yitzhak Rabin in 1995, files a request for a retrial at the Supreme Court, according to reports in Hebrew-language media.

Last week, Michael Achour, a PR adviser representing the Amir family, told The Times of Israel the defense team will claim Amir should never have been tried for murder and that a new trial should be held on attempted murder charges, alleging that someone else killed Rabin just as Amir was trying to.

“We are not saying that Yigal Amir wasn’t there and we are not saying that he didn’t shoot. But there is proof that his bullets didn’t kill Rabin,” Achour said. “He was there, but he didn’t kill him. It should be considered attempted murder.”