16-year-old confesses to brutal murder
JPost.com Staff, THE JERUSALEM POST May. 28, 2005
The 16-year-old suspect in the brutal Rehovot strangling murder of 15-year-old Ma'ayan Sapir confessed on Saturday morning, reported Army Radio.
The suspect was on vacation from a boarding facility for criminal youth, and appearantly the meeting between him and Sapir, a tenth-grade student, was random.
Local police sources said Saturday that the suspect is known to them through multiple previous criminal offenses. He was arrested at his house early Saturday morning after witnesses reported having seen him in the area of the murder.
Sapir's body was discovered Friday night in a school courtyard by a group of youths. Her body was naked, with signs of massive violence on her upper body and neck. Police later confirmed that Sapir had been strangled to death.
Sapir's body was identified Saturday morning, when her mother called to complain to police that her daughter had gone out at night and not returned by morning.
Sapir was described as an excellant student and a member of an old and well-respected local family.
Police are currently investigating whether Sapir was sexually assaulted.
JPost.com Staff, THE JERUSALEM POST May. 28, 2005
The 16-year-old suspect in the brutal Rehovot strangling murder of 15-year-old Ma'ayan Sapir confessed on Saturday morning, reported Army Radio.
The suspect was on vacation from a boarding facility for criminal youth, and appearantly the meeting between him and Sapir, a tenth-grade student, was random.
Local police sources said Saturday that the suspect is known to them through multiple previous criminal offenses. He was arrested at his house early Saturday morning after witnesses reported having seen him in the area of the murder.
Sapir's body was discovered Friday night in a school courtyard by a group of youths. Her body was naked, with signs of massive violence on her upper body and neck. Police later confirmed that Sapir had been strangled to death.
Sapir's body was identified Saturday morning, when her mother called to complain to police that her daughter had gone out at night and not returned by morning.
Sapir was described as an excellant student and a member of an old and well-respected local family.
Police are currently investigating whether Sapir was sexually assaulted.
I think that it is horrible that the police doesn't keep track of known offenders as it should and allows them too much freedom.
Frankly, a good portion of murders in Israel are performed not only by repeat offenders, but usually by criminals who get prison vacation.
I think it is rediculous that people who serve time for battery and murder get vacations from prison.
While it is very humane, their verdict is not very long in any case, since judges give pathetically short verdicts in Israel, and then parole boards always shorten them. So there's no practical need for a vacation for maniacs, since they're out of prison in a jiffy any way.
I generally think the legal system in Israel is too damn lax. No one is afraid of going to jail, because it is short, and not even one bit unpleasant, as they all have cable TV and classes and what not.
It is time to get priorities straight and put the rights of violent crimes victims and their security prior to the comfort of violent maniacs.
R.I.P Maayan.
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