In the seventh statement, which was also taken by Shai Peleg, on April 29, 2021 (P/7), the interrogator referred to the defendant's attorney's claim that the shoes that were found in Daliyat al-Carmel were "implanted", Moshe Forbidden's statement that the defendant asked not to receive mail on his behalf, Nissim Abu Hatzira's claims regarding "surrender" to the defendant, and the incident in which the defendant allegedly behaved violently in Moshe Einhorn's office.
The defendant was consistently adamant to remain silent, even though he was told that this was apparently his last interrogation.
After these things, on May 5, 2021, the indictment was filed. However, in light of the existence of an accomplice, the investigation continued until about half a year later, Ziv Grobner was arrested as another suspect. As a result, unusually, as was clarified, the defendant was even interrogated again.
Thus, our eyes see that the defendant, prior to the filing of the indictment, had many opportunities to present his version in detail, had he wished to do so, also in view of the many pieces of evidence that were presented to him and heard to him. The defendant's choice not to respond, not to comment, not to give any version and to remain silent is a conscious choice whose purpose was apparently the same. The defendant sought to examine the body of evidence as a whole at a later stage, and to produce, out of thin air, some version that could be reconciled with that evidence. Thus, in our opinion, the defendant did indeed in the end. After the evidentiary basis was mainly exposed to his eyes, his version was born, which grew thicker as the legal process progressed, and before he began to testify.
The alibi version - and the "Aviel Dadon version"
The investigative unit did not stagnate after the indictment was filed, and continued to advance the investigation, in an attempt to locate the other person involved in the murder. The suspicion fell on a man named Ziv Grobner, whose image was allegedly seen in one of the security camera videos, and with whom the defendant, allegedly, was in telephone contact in the days preceding the murder, through the phones of others, and through a phone number associated with Ziv Grobner's relative. It was also claimed that Ziv Grobner lives in Kadita [also Kadita] near Meron. The investigative unit believed that the day before the murder, the defendant drove to the Meron area in the family Toyota car and picked up Ziv Grobner. The next morning, in the early hours of the morning, the two committed the murder using the Chevrolet car to reach near the deceased's home, and escape, throwing objects from the car on their route, shoes on Stockholm Street in Daliyat al-Carmel, teddy bear jackets in Carmel Park, mats and identification plates that had been stolen from a car in Kiryat Motzkin the night before, and a trip to the Meron area in order to return Ziv Grobner to his district of residence. When Ziv Grobner was arrested, a certain alibi claim was made against him, and therefore, it was reported, he was released from detention and was not prosecuted. He was added to the indictment as a prosecution witness, but in the end he was not summoned to testify, neither by the prosecution nor by the defense. However, following the arrest, the defendant was interrogated again.