ISRAEL
The Jerusalem Post
By JEREMY SHARON
The Jerusalem District Court accepted the state attorney’s request to add five new witnesses to the trial of Rabbi Mordechai “Moti” Elon, who is accused of indecent assault against two minors.
The testimony of the new witnesses will be used to support the claims of the two plaintiffs against Elon.
Judge Haim Liran said that some of the testimonies of the new witnesses were significant and their inclusion in the trial is therefore justified.
Elon’s defense team opposed the introduction of the new witnesses as an “attempt to breathe life into the corpse of an already dead indictment which anyway lacked substance.”
His attorneys also alleged that the prosecutors’ new material was first leaked to the press before being given to the defense team and accused the prosecution of trying to conduct the trial through the media.
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