A 34-year-old man who is related to admorim is suspected of posing as a Ministry of Health inspector and attacking women in Beit Shemesh. The man posed as a health inspector responsible for checking the suitability of gas masks for children.
Walla News reports police have evidence of at least one attack in which a woman was alone and the man gained entry and then attacked her. The woman reportedly informed the local Vaad Tznius of the attack and the man was apprehended and reportedly confessed even before police were involved. Police are now asking the public to step forward as investigators fear other woman were attacked but they were afraid to come forward and report the incident.
Defense attorney Yoram Nehorai told the Jerusalem Magistrate Court that his client is not responsible for his actions. Justice Dana Cohen extended the suspect’s remand for 48 hours during which time the defendant will undergo a psychiatric evaluation.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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If the facts are as stated, the fact that the woman didn’t go to the police, suggests the alleged perpetrator probably was very happy to be safely in police custody since sex criminals rarely die in Israeli prisons.
What exactly is the relevance of this person’s relationship to admorim? What is the point of including it in the article? I personally can’t think of even one good reason for the inclusion.
‘that his client is not responsible for his actions”
If he is NOT RESPONSIBLE, then who is? Is everyone today deranged and insane?
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There is a very good reason for the editors to have included the point about the person’s “relationship to admorim”. It reinforces the frequently stated warning to members of the frum tzibur to exercise caution and not to trust anyone simply based on who they are “related to”. Its better, expecially for women and children, not to allow any strangers into the home, no matter who “they know”.