Regarding the arson of the vehicle while the deceased was in it
In questioning by the commander of the Intelligence Unit , Defendant 2 claimed that after the beatings , "after he dismantled him, we pulled him to . . . He threw gasoline inside the car and set the car on fire"; and when asked if "he" had brought the gasoline with him, he replied in the negative, saying that after the incident they walked to a gas station, his partner bought the gas and he himself did not buy anything; when defendant 2 was told that he had also entered a gas station, he replied that he was looking for a flashlight because it was dark. According to him, they then returned to the scene to burn the deceased, "he" poured the gasoline on him and lit it (P/11, pp. 4-5, 6-7).
In the interrogation that followed the conversation with the commander of the Intelligence Unit, Defendant 2 said that after Defendant 1 hit the deceased, they both dragged him by the legs to the car, picked him up and put him in the driver's seat, while he was bent and lying in the passenger seat; and he did not think that the deceased was alive when he was put in the car, but they did not check (P/12 at paras. 51-54). Afterwards they went to buy fuel, Defendant 1 found an empty tank on the way, they went to the nearest gas station, where Defendant 1 filled the tank with gasoline for about NIS 15, while he was waiting for him on the side, and they returned to the scene. When they arrived, defendant 1 scattered the fuel all over the vehicle, on the deceased and around him and lit it, and they ran to his house. When asked if he did not enter the gas station, he answered in the negative, but said that there was another gas station where he had entered to buy a flashlight, but he did not have enough money; And to the question of why defendant 1 set fire to the car, he replied that he thought he also bought a lighter at the gas station, since he took a lighter, lit a piece of paper that he found in the car with it, threw the paper into the car and the car lit up (ibid. at paras. 22-24, 169-170).