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Serious Crimes Case (Nazareth) 44182-03-16 State of Israel v. Anonymous - part 84

February 11, 2019
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According to the defendant in that interrogation (i.e., P/101), the informant "Threatened him with his behavior" (p. 54, line 34) and also wished to add that the informant almost raised his hand at him (p. 55, line 20).  Later, he said: "The same man who called himself Nissim and Anunu...  He put pressure on me and with his threatening look I felt fear for my life...  As a result, I told him lies in order to keep his mouth shut.".  (p. 80, lines 35-37).

During this interrogation, the defendant provided explanations for his conduct on that night of the murder and what he had told the informants.  He stated that he was indeed at the scene and even confirmed that the figure seen running after the cyclist in the security video, P/207, was the image of the defendant himself (see P/98, line 265-268).

In addition, the defendant was asked how he knew how to tell the informants that the deceased had been murdered by stabbings.  To this he replied that he had learned about it from an article he had read inynet (P/101, line 60) and even confirmed that the article he saw was the object of P/102.  Later, the defendant tried to provide further explanations that led him to understand that the stabbings were involved.  He was also asked how he could emphasize that the deceased was masked, to which he replied that he knew this because he was in the neighborhood and saw him (P/101, p. 66, line 19).

He was also asked during the interrogation why he ran after the cyclist and then, for the first time, he said that he thought he was a terrorist and that he feared for his life, and therefore ran to the house and hid (P/101, p. 66, line 21 to p. 67).  When asked why he did not contact the police if this was indeed his explanation, he noted that he did not trust the police (P/101, p. 70, lines 1-5) and later provided an answer that had nothing to do with logic, when he said: "The reason I didn't call the police at that moment, because I was away from home, and I was scared...  That when the masked man returns with the bicycle" (p. 71, line 22).

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