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Serious Crimes Case (Beersheba) 20142-08-19 State of Israel v. Ibrahim Shehain - part 49

October 23, 2025
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There is no contradiction between the versions of defendants 2 and 3 in this matter.  At the same time, defendant 1 claimed that he did not come to Hurra, and that he did not remember coordination with defendant 2, and that his words were unrelated to the versions of the others involved.

Where did Defendant 2 collect Defendant 1 and Muhammad and what happened there?

In the accuser's arguments regarding the occurrence at the place where defendants 2 and 3 gathered Muhammad and defendant 1, it is noted that in Muhammad's statements  at his trial, Muhammad described that defendant 2 was standing on the highway (P/162, pp. 607-8), and then described that defendant 2 was standing in front of the house and he did not find it in the area and that "there was a highway there" (pp. 610-612).

Defendant 1, for his part, said that when they arrived at Defendant 2, he saw a burning car (P. 26 December 2022, p. 304), and later described that it may have been a tree that had been burned, he saw a fire and did not know what it was.  (pp. 313, 328, 345).

It was described that Defendant 2 said that he and Defendant 3 were waiting for Muhammad at the agreed point, and when he began to drive he saw a flame of fire (P. 26.12.  p. 359), a car or a tree or a car (ibid., p. 360).  Defendant 3, for his part, described that he and defendant 2 were waiting for Muhammad at the agreed point, and in his testimony he claimed that he fell asleep and woke up during the drive to Lod.  (P. 21 March 2023, pp. 289-290).

From what has been said, it appears that the descriptions of defendants 1 and 2 do not contradict each other, but Muhammad's description of a highway that was near the place where defendant 2 was waiting does not correspond to the details of the ituran (P/159).

The occurrence during the drive to Lod – In her statements regarding the return trip to Lod, the accuser claimed that Muhammad, for his part,  stated that the driver of the car was Defendant 2 (P/162, p. 571), Muhammad stated that he was angry with Defendant 2 because he was playing with his phone while driving (P/162A, p. 674).  He later updated his version and claimed that he was angry with defendant 2 also because of the speed at which he was driving, and that defendant 2 asked, "Where are the drugs?"  (F. 14 February 2022, pp. 274, 266).  It was argued that defendant 1 first stated that they did not speak on the road and later stated that he did not remember what they were talking about (P. 26.12.22, pp. 294, 329).

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