Hadar Akrish 24/01/2021 16:56
The suspect in placing the grenade outside the noble family home (Radad Jabara)
The detention of two Maccabi Haifa fans who were arrested on suspicion of placing a stun grenade outside the home of the team’s parents, Omar Atzili, in Holon, was extended by five days. The two arrived today (Sunday) for a hearing in the Magistrate’s Court in Tel Aviv, when the judge decided to extend the detention of the two, Bar Gita and Omri Ben Lulu.
After the discussion, Maccabi Haifa said on the subject: “This is a serious criminal incident, which we of course strongly condemn! We trust the Israeli police, who are doing everything to find the culprits and prosecute them. “
As mentioned, the two detainees are Maccabi Haifa fans and those who are known among the green crowd. One of them has been involved in a disciplinary incident in the team’s game in the past, and one of them also demonstrated in front of the house of the club’s general manager, Assaf Ben Dov. The girlfriend of one of the two suspects was also questioned on the matter.
The suspicions against the two are for extortion by threats, possession of explosives and conspiracy to commit a crime. More Roy Keren Representing the suspect, Bar Gita, said in response to ONE: “The police reached the wrong person, he has nothing to do with the affair and he welcomes the arrival of a nobleman to Maccabi Haifa. This is a false arrest, the police have no clue and I probably do not like someone who is not detained and nothing moves in the investigation, so arrested someone who is not connected, completely normative, a Maccabi Haifa fan who has no interest and no anti against a noble Omar. There is no motive here. Just a mistake in identifying and injustice caused to a normative person and I am sure that already today he will be released to his home. This affair does not interest him at all. We are not the gatekeepers or the morale of anyone. ‘
Regarding the accusations against his client, Adv. Keren added: “There was a first investigation at the moment, I have not seen him yet. We will hear things, he will cooperate, he will cope. An active fan who just has nothing to do with it. A good fan like all the Maccabi Haifa fans, there is a terrible mistake here and I am sure that very soon they will see that he is not connected and the police will continue to search in the right directions and not in that direction. “
More Avichai Hajabi, Representing the second suspect, said before the hearing to extend his detention: “This morning, my client was arrested and has not been suspected of acts since the beginning, I just want to remind you that the fact that my client is a Maccabi Haifa fan is not enough to request his arrest. I will mention that Noble Omar has been involved in a particular affair over the last period, although it has been closed out of innocence, I believe the police should check further directions and further motives. I am sure that the court will accept our position and decide to release my client, or alternatively examine things and not as the Israeli police claim that they cracked the case. “
He added: “The suspect does not understand how he was linked to this incident and we are sure that the Israeli police will understand that he has no connection to the case, he is a Maccabi Haifa fan for several years but the fact that there are several fans who did not want Noble in the team is not enough to request his arrest.”
The course of the first discussion
16:56 – The hearing began: After the two suspects entered, with one of them covered, a message was issued by the police: “This is one suspect together with another, blackmailed and threatened the noble family, a grenade was placed in their house and graffiti was spray-painted.”
Adv. Keren, Representing Bar Gita, opened with the question “Who did they contact?”, When Police officers They replied, “With Omar and his family.” Subsequently, the police were asked if they identified the suspect, when they replied that this was “irrelevant to the investigation”.
Adv. Keren went on to ask, “Did his cell phone issue a call or a message to a noble family?”, The police replied that the matter was “in the hands of the court.” Karen then asked if there was any evidence that the suspect was in the vicinity of a nobleman’s home at the time the grenade was placed, the police replied: “He is not cooperating in his investigation.”
Later, Adv. Keren asked “Is the graffiti event an event in itself?”, The police replied that “this is a criminal incident in itself”, when asked what was written in that graffiti they answered: “Noble pedophile will stay away from Haifa, sometimes karma is 15 to a few words “.
Advocate Keren went on to ask the police, “Have they examined directions for extortion in light of the affair that took place?” Police later said there was one more suspect who testified and the case against him had not yet been closed, but he was released to his home at this point.
Adv. Keren went on to ask: “Who did they contact from the family?”, When the police replied that (with him (Omar) and his family). Both a telephone connection and a connection of meetings. ” To the question of Adv. Koren, “Did his (the suspect’s) phone seized by you make a call or a message to a noble family?”, To which the police answered “before the court.”
Adv. Keren Concluded the discussion: “This is a completely normative person, with no criminal record. A Maccabi Haifa fan, he has no claim at all that Maccabi Haifa signed the noble player in the team, he did not comment on that anywhere. “I am sure that the messages sent to his family are not from the suspect’s phone.”
He added Adv. Keren” The court has ordered any detention extension until Thursday, we will consider filing an appeal. I am sure the evidence is weak and scarce and I hope that soon this matter will end because simply doing an injustice to a person unrelated to this matter, the police claimed that there is another suspect who has been investigated and released. I do not know who has the vested interests he actually pointed out, because it is not related to the laying of the grenade. This is a dedicated, non-violent, student fan. He never said he was not interested in Noble joining the team. ‘
Ita Nachman, the judge who extended the suspect’s detention for another five days, concluded: , Extortion by threats, harassment through a lightning facility and threats
An examination of the investigation file shows that there is a reasonable suspicion against the suspect for committing the offenses attributed to him. After hearing the parties’ arguments and reviewing the investigation file, I find that there is an evidentiary basis that establishes a reasonable suspicion that the offenses were committed by the suspect and that there is a reason for his arrest, which is a double reason for both dangerous and suspected disruption of proceedings.
“Therefore – and taking into account the list of investigative actions presented to me – 21 actions, I accede to the request, albeit partially necessary in the case of the court, and order the extension of the suspect’s detention until 28 January 2021, at 12:00.”
The course of the second discussion
Adv. Avichai Hajabi, Representing the second suspect, Omri Ben Lulu, began with the question “When did the suspicion arise in his case?”, When the police preferred “not to elaborate on this matter.” Advocate Hajabi continued, “The respondent gave a version, he also suggested that you come with him so that you could look at the cameras,” “Yes, it came up,” the police replied, who also said that they attributed the graffiti to the other suspect.
Advocate Hajabi went on to ask: “If you claim that he sent messages to the nobleman, then how many messages did he send?”, When even on this question the police preferred “not to elaborate at this stage.” Advocate Hajabi asked the police what offense was attributed to the suspect, when the police replied that it was “all the offenses”, but did not agree to detail the role of the suspect in the incident.
Afterwards, the police representatives added: “21 investigative actions are before the court, I will not elaborate further at this stage.”
Advocate Hajabi continued: “I attended the previous hearing, we have a respondent here who clearly submits a version and says that it has nothing to do with things. Not only does he have no connection, he is not afraid to say he turned to a nobleman but he turned in order to bridge, he called once and no more in order to bridge. He offers the investigating unit to accompany him. There is a difference between whoever puts all the cards on the table and whoever fills his mouth with water. If there is a connection between this respondent and the other respondent, it does not bind him to commit the offense, he is in contact with another 60 or 70 Maccabi Haifa fans. I think he can be released now, not every day a suspect sits in an interrogation room and offers to help prove him not guilty. ‘
