Israel's ex-president jailed for rape

12 April 2012

Former Israeli president Moshe Katsav entered a minimum security prison today to start a seven-year sentence for rape.

Before leaving his home for Maasiyahu prison, Katsav, 66, said the authorities were "executing" an innocent man. He was convicted in December last year of raping a former employee when he was a cabinet minister and of sexually harassing two other women when he was president from 2000 to 2007. He remained free while he appealed but the Supreme Court upheld the conviction last month and ordered him to prison.

Katsav will be placed in a section reserved for observant Jews and will share a cell with Shlomo Benizri, a former cabinet minister convicted of accepting bribes.

Create a FREE account to continue reading

eros

Registration is a free and easy way to support our journalism.

Join our community where you can: comment on stories; sign up to newsletters; enter competitions and access content on our app.

Your email address

Must be at least 6 characters, include an upper and lower case character and a number

You must be at least 18 years old to create an account

* Required fields

Already have an account? SIGN IN

By clicking Create Account you confirm that your data has been entered correctly and you have read and agree to our Terms of use , Cookie policy and Privacy policy .

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Thank you for registering

Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged in

MORE ABOUT