Case of Lior Dekel
Or Yehuda, Israel
Tel Aviv, Israel
NOTE: There are several people with the name Lior Dekel. The one on this page was born around 1977 and resides in Israel.
May, 2002, Lior Dekel was convicted of raping a 16-year-old girl and was sentenced to nine years in prison. He was also ordered to pay her NIS 15,000 in compensation.
May, 2002, Lior Dekel was convicted of raping a 16-year-old girl and was sentenced to nine years in prison. He was also ordered to pay her NIS 15,000 in compensation.
After filing an appeal, defense attorneys provided tapes and transcripts of a meeting between a private detective and the plaintiff. The tapes convinced prosecutor Hadas Shapir to instruct the police to investigate the girl. At the conclusion of the police probe, the prosecutor believed the girl's original story conflicted with police findings. Nonetheless, the girl stuck to the story that Dekel had raped her.
In 2005, charge Lior Dekel was arrested on charges of raping a 12-year-old girl .
In 2006, three members of Dekel's family were arrested after police learned that Dekel's family members admitted they had threatened the girl not to file a complaint.
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Table of Contents:
2002
- May 2002, Lior Dekel was convicted of raping a 16-year-old girl and was sentenced to nine years in prison. He was also ordered to pay her NIS 15,000 in compensation.
2005
- Convicted rapist to go free as state admits reasonable doubt (12/22/2005)
2006
- Prosecutors intend to charge Lior Dekel with rape (02/23/2006)
- Police to charge 29-year-old Or Yehuda man with rape (02/23/2006)
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Convicted rapist to go free as state admits reasonable doubt
By Zvi Harel, Haaretz Correspondent
Haaretz - December 22, 2005
In an unusual step, prosecutors Wednesday recommended that a man already convicted of rape be acquitted due to reasonable doubt. The Tel Aviv Prosecutor's Office informed the Tel Aviv District Court of the decision with the man having served two years of his sentence.
In May 2002, Lior Dekel was convicted of raping a 16-year-old girl and was sentenced to nine years in prison. He was also ordered to pay her NIS 15,000 in compensation.
After filing an appeal, defense attorneys provided tapes and transcripts of a meeting between a private detective and the plaintiff. The tapes convinced prosecutor Hadas Shapir to instruct the police to investigate the girl. At the conclusion of the police probe, the prosecutor believed the girl's original story conflicted with police findings. Nonetheless, the girl stuck to the story that Dekel had raped her.
The prosecutor and defense attorneys came to court on Wednesday having agreed to acquit Dekel due to reasonable doubt. The prosecution yesterday stressed that there had not been factual agreement between the sides, as distinguished from legal agreement.
The plaintiff has recently been represented by the Noga Center for Victims of Crime. Attorney Dana Pogetz, who heads the center, sharply criticized the prosecution on Wednesday, arguing that the plaintiff should have been recalled to the witness stand and given the opportunity to convince the court that Dekel had indeed raped her.
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Prosecutors intend to charge Lior Dekel with rape
By Yigal Grayeff
Jerusalem Post - Feb. 23, 2006
Prosecutors intend to charge Lior Dekel on Sunday with the rape of a 12-year-old girl and request that he be denied bail, police said Thursday.
Dekel's remand has also been extended for four days. On Tuesday, three members of his family were arrested for obstruction of justice, but have already been conditionally released.
At the end of last year, prosecutors withdrew a previous rape conviction against Dekel after doubts were raised about the honesty of the alleged victim.
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Police to charge 29-year-old Or Yehuda man with Rape
By Assaf Carmel
Haaretz - February 23, 2006
Police decided Thursday to try Lior Dekel for the rape of a 12-year-old, extending his remand until Sunday at which point he will be formally indicted.
Dekel, 29, of Or Yehuda, was arrested last Friday after the girl told her school counselor of the rape. In the past, a court acquitted Dekel of rape charges against a 16-year-old girl due to lack of evidence.
Three of Dekel's family members, including his mother, were arrested on Wednesday after police discovered they had tried to contact the girl and interfere with judicial procedures.
Suspicions of the interference on the part of the family rose after the girl decided to suddenly withdraw her complaint filed against Dekel.
After brief interrogation, Dekel's family members admitted they had threatened the girl not to file a complaint.
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