State asks court for okay to extradite Israeli man over US rape charges

The State Prosecution asks the Jerusalem District Court for permission to extradite an Israeli man to the US so that he can be tried there over charges that he raped a 15-year-old girl in Pennsylvania in 2004.

Police on Wednesday arrested a man after a request from the US State Department for his extradition after working together with Interpol to track the man down.

The man, now 52, was arrested in the southern town of Ofakim on the instruction of Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked.

According to the charges filed against the suspect, whose name is under gag order, he raped the girl, who had come to his clothing shop together with her friend. When the suspicions were raised against him he fled to Israel and has lived there ever since.

The man’s attorney, Sharon Nahari, said his client denies the charges and plans to oppose the extradition.

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