SOUTH AFRICA
Eyewitness News
Mia Lindeque
JOHANNESBURG – The lawyer representing a fugitive rabbi wanted for alleged sexual crimes in Israel has accused the Hawks of using “dirty tactics” to arrest him.
The 80-year-old rabbi has repeatedly evaded arrest in South Africa until he was nabbed in a Johannesburg hospital by Interpol.
The rabbi claims he is in South Africa legally.
He is due to appear in the Randburg Magistrates Court today.
Rabbi Eliezer Berland says he had to go to hospital urgently due to a heart condition and members of Interpol arrested the 80-year-old man there last week.
His lawyer Themba Langa claims the Hawks are not acting in the interest of justice and have ulterior motives.
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