Man gets 4.5 years in prison for molesting underage girl

According to charge sheet, offenses took place sometime in 2007 or 2008, when the defendant was alone with his young sister- in-law in her bedroom.

By JOANNA PARASZCZUK
311_gavel (photo credit: Ariel Jerozolimski)
311_gavel
(photo credit: Ariel Jerozolimski)
Judge Sarah Dotan of the Tel Aviv District Court on Thursday sentenced a 32- year-old man, who cannot be named, to four-and-a-half years in prison for sexual offenses against his sister-in-law, a minor.
The defendant was further ordered to pay the girl’s family NIS 30,000 in compensation.
According to the charge sheet, the offenses took place sometime in 2007 or 2008, when the defendant was alone with his young sister- in-law in her bedroom.
He stopped the attack only when he heard voices outside the room.
The defendant was indicted on two charges of sex offenses, but was found not guilty of the second charge.
The defendant, who has previous drug-dealing offenses, denied all the charges against him, and said he intends to appeal his conviction to the Supreme Court.
He told the court that “the prosecutor kept on talking as if she were with us, or had seen me doing [illegal] things like that. I did not do it, and I did not touch [her].”
The defendant’s sister and mother also testified in court, saying that the defendant was a good person who liked to help his family.