Criminal Case (Jerusalem) 54589-02-17 State of Israel v. Oshri Sharon - part 11

Another claim that was raised revolved around the manner in which Shachar was interrogated by the Competition Authority.  Wei and Oshri claimed that the manner of the interrogation caused Shahar to make false accusations against Oshri.  Indeed, Shahar reiterated in his testimony that he was subjected to a "brutal" and stressful interrogation.  His main claim in this context was that during the interrogation, Egozi, who interrogated him, shouted at him.  In doing so, Shachar tried to base his reservations on the testimony of some of the things he said in his interrogations (e.g., p.  2619, paras.  21-23; p.  2622, paras.  6-15; p.  2701, paras.  9-13; p.  2766, paras.  21-22; p.  2995, paras.  9-23).  However, these claims were not substantially supported by the evidence.  Even if it can be assumed that a prolonged and intensive criminal investigation can be a stressful and unpleasant situation, an examination of Shachar's statements shows that Shahar knew how to stand up when he wanted (e.g., P/557(4), paras.  46-49); that he did not respond sweepingly in the matter of Oshri and knew how to distinguish between cases in which Oshri was involved and knew and cases in which he was not; that Shahar was given an opportunity to answer the questions presented to him in full; that the interrogators took his requests into account throughout the interrogations; and that where he wished to do so, he was allowed to meet with the head of the Investigations Department.  Shachar himself confirmed, also in his testimony, that as a rule, the investigator behaved properly towards him and was "fine with him" (P/557(2), paras.  1156-1175, p.  2775, s.  24 - p.  2776, s.  15; The claims regarding the manner of the interrogation were not even substantially supported by the investigators' testimonies - all that Investigator Pearl confirmed was that Egozi simply had a loud voice, p.  3802, paras.  6-18; and Egozi testified that she does not shout at interrogees even if she can put an interrogee on the spot or make it difficult for him when he evades and in order to get answers from him, pp.  3933-3935).