Former district court judge Dan Cohen was remanded to police custody on Sunday
until at least Thursday by the Tel Aviv District Court.
Cohen did not
appear in court, with his lawyer Eitan Maoz informing the court that Cohen was
too exhausted from his Saturday night flight from Peru and requested a few days
to recover and for Maoz to review the case.
Cohen was extradited from
Peru on Saturday night to be tried on charges of bribe-taking, fraud, breach of
trust, causing misleading information to be included in financial reports and
obstruction of justice. He was able to avoid extradition for more than seven
years.
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