Channel 10 News reports that former prime minister Ehud Olmert will only serve 18 months in jail — and not the 19 months a judge tried to sentence him to — because of an error.
Olmert had been sentenced to 18 months for his part in the Holyland real estate corruption affair plus an additional month for obstruction of justice, after judge Avital Chen decided it could not be served concurrently last week.
He had also been sentenced to eight months for taking money from American businessman Morris Talansky, which was to be served concurrently.
According to Channel 10, the extra month was tacked on to the Talansky sentence and not the Holyland sentence, meaning he will serve nine months concurrently, and 18 months in total.
The report could not be immediately confirmed.
It was not clear if the issue arose because Chen was not allowed to tack on an extra month to the Holyland sentence, or because of an error in the way the sentence was handed down.
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