| Tel Aviv-Jaffa District Court | |
| Criminal Case 40013-05 State of Israel v. Resch et al. | September 13, 2011 |
| Before | The Honorable Judge Uri Shoham |
| In the matter: | State of Israel | |
| By Attorney Noam Uziel
District Attorney’s Office Civil Case (Taxation and Economics) |
The Accuser | |
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– Against –
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| 1. Uri Resch
By Adv. Prof. Kenneth Mann and Adv. Yaron Gat 2. Yehoshua Shlosh (separation of discussions) 3. Araldo Frizzi By Attorney Orit Hayoun and Attorney Guy Ashkenazi 4. Abraham Kalmaro By Attorney Sharon Meirovich 5. Roberto Wagman By Attorney Ehud Dagan 6. Yigal Fadlon By Adv. Alon Rappaport |
The Defendants |
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Verdict
In accordance with Section 182 of the Criminal Procedure Law [Consolidated Version], 5742-1982, I hereby announce, suddenly, of the verdict that defendant 5, Roberto Wagman, has been acquitted of all the offenses attributed to him in the indictment, due to doubt.
Background
- On January 11, 2005, an indictment was filed against the defendants, which includes 17 charges. Later on, amended indictments were filed, the last of which was a third amended indictment, in which 18 charges appear. On January 12, 2006, after the preliminary proceedings in this case were completed, which included, among other things, preliminary arguments and various motions, the evidentiary phase in the case began. At a certain point, and after it became clear that Defendant 2, Yehoshua Shlosh, was absent from a significant part of the court sessions due to his medical condition, which led to the cancellation of many of the court hearings, which were scheduled in coordination with counsel for the parties, it was decided to separate his case from that of the other defendants. As a result, on November 29, 2007, a separate indictment was filed against him. In the court's decision concerning defendant three, it was determined that all the evidence submitted during the trial, until the separation of the hearing, would also be used in the separate case, and after the indictment was filed regarding this defendant, a separate protocol would be conducted and exhibits that directly related to the defendant's case would be submitted. The additional stage of evidence in the separate case began on November 20, 2008, and in the case of this defendant, a separate verdict will be rendered.
At the end of the evidence case, the summaries of the accusing prosecution were submitted on October 3, 2010, while the summaries on behalf of the defendants were received on March 27, 2011, with the exception of the summaries of defendant 4, which were received on June 20, 2011.
And this will be the way the verdict is conducted. At first, the main points of the indictment will be presented separately for each and every charge, then the prosecution's arguments regarding that charge will be presented and later the arguments of the relevant defendants, and finally a chapter of hearing and deciding on each charge separately.