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Report: Convict in Abu Khdeir murder found fit to be sentenced
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleYosef Ben David, convicted of murdering Palestinian teen Mohammed Abu Khdeir in July 2014, has been found mentally fit by the official state psychiatrist, Channel 2 news reports.
Ben David was found guilty of kidnapping, beating and burning to death Abu Khdeir, 16, along with two minors, but has yet to be sentenced after his lawyers claimed he was mentally unstable.
The court had ordered an evaluation before handing down sentencing. It is not clear when the court will accept the state evaluation and hold a sentencing hearing.
The two minors, whose names are protected by a gag order, were sentenced last month — one to a life sentence; and the other to 21 years behind bars.
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