The court increased Ronen Beatty’s sentence to 20 months in prison

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The Central District Court today (Sunday) accepted the state’s appeal against the sentence of Ronen Beatty, the father of singer Adi Beatty who was convicted of sexual offenses against seven girls aged 14-13, and increased his sentence to 20 months in prison. This, instead of the original sentence imposed on Beatty – nine months of service work.

Arguments for the punishment of Ronen Beatty // Archive photo: Shmuel Buharis

The prosecution said in response to the aggravation of the sentence that “the defendant took advantage of the trust placed in him by the minors, his daughter’s admirers, in order to commit various sexual offenses. His actions are extremely serious, both due to the use of exceptional power gaps between him and the minors.” Long time and many opportunities. “

The court ruling from today conveys a double message: First, a clear and dissuasive message to potential sex offenders who choose to commit sexual offenses on minors. Secondly, he informed the victims of the offense, in this case and in general, that their cooperation with the law enforcement agencies is of crucial importance in order to enable the execution of these offenses. “

Advocate and social worker Liron Eshel, director of the Child Accident Victims Escort Center at the Child Welfare Council who accompanied one of the injured minors, said: “The decision to increase the punishment and send behind bars to sexually assaulted several minors, on several occasions – is the right and requested decision. “It comes to those brave and courageous boys and girls who expose sexual abuse to know that there is justice and there is justice and there are those who see and hear them.”

Naamat Chairman Hagit Peer: “Beyond the blessed amendment of the District Court and the administration of justice – there is an important message here for both potential criminals and brave women who choose to take action and complain. “This man took advantage of the publicity of his house in a vicious way and used his power to harm the bodies and souls of girls – it would be good for him to be removed from society.”

A Kfar Saba Magistrate’s Court judge convicted Ronen Beatty of indecent assault on a minor under 14 (multiple offenses), indecent assault on a minor under the age of 16 (multiple offenses), and sexual harassment of a minor under 15. Carrot Beatty 9 months of community service, probation, probation for two years as part of a preventive treatment program for sex offenders and compensation for victims of crime in the total amount of NIS 100,000.

The prosecution appealed this sentence, demanding more than a year of actual imprisonment. The notice of appeal, written by Advocate Ben Assulin, states that “the appellant will argue that the respondent’s sentence deviates substantially and deviates from the customary punishment in the circumstances of the charges in which he was convicted, does not sufficiently express the need to deter the individual and many.”

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