Roman Zadorov arrives for his verdict in his retrial on the murder of Tair Rada, at the Nazareth District Court on March 30, 2023. (David Cohen/Flash90)
The state will pay NIS 17 million (approximately $5 million) in compensation to Roman Zadorov, who was acquitted in 2023 of the 2006 murder of a 13-year-old schoolgirl after he served 15 years in jail, Hebrew media reports.
The sum was agreed upon between prosecutors and Zadorov, and will come into force after it is approved by the Tel Aviv District Court in the coming days.
In a dramatic ruling in perhaps the most famous murder case in Israeli history, Roman Zadorov was acquitted of the murder of a 13-year-old schoolgirl Tair Rada that horrified the nation, in a retrial that overturned previous convictions that saw him serve more than a decade behind bars after being sentenced to life.
The gruesome murder of Rada in a school bathroom in the northern town of Katzrin has long been the subject of intense debate online and in the media, with many believing the now 45-year-old Zadorov was not the killer and had been convicted based on insufficient circumstantial evidence, while ignoring evidence that indicated the presence of another person at the scene. Others were convinced the evidence, while incomplete, left little room for doubt he was the culprit.
Tair Rada. (YouTube screenshot)
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