All minors involved in Eilat gang-rape released to house arrest
Four suspects – two adults and two minors – will apparently be charged with rape, and the rest of the charges will likely be due to the suspects' failure to prevent a crime.
All minors who will be charged in the gang-rape of a 16-year-old girl at Eilat’s Red Sea Hotel were released to house arrest on Sunday afternoon. One adult was also released to house arrest.The court “does not understand the size of the affair,” the police said in response to the decision as the court claimed that the house arrest does not take away from the extremity of the crime. Police had requested a delay of execution of the house arrest, stating, “They were involved directly in the rape, their place is in jail and not at home.” The Beersheba Regional Court will discuss the possible delay of execution on Monday. Police presented the Ashkelon Magistrate Court on Sunday with its statement incriminating five of the minors involved in the gang-rape of the 16-year-old.