Supreme Court increases sentence of man convicted of rape of girl, 13, at coronavirus quarantine hotel

The Supreme Court increases the sentence of a man convicted of the rape of a 13-year-old girl at a state-operated coronavirus quarantine hotel in Jaffa in 2021.

Yarin Sherf’s sentence is increased from six and a half years to eight years, after the justices accept an appeal by prosecutors.

Sherf, aged 21 at the time of the attack, did not deny he had sex with the girl but had initially claimed it was consensual, leading to initial charges of a forbidden consensual relationship, sexual harassment, making threats, assault, and giving an intoxicating drink to a minor.

However, the Tel Aviv Magistrate’s Court approved upgrading the charges to rape after a public outcry, including from the victim’s mother who said she felt as though her daughter had been raped again.