Jerusalem court keeps Linor Sasson in custody in murder case
The Jerusalem District Court in Israel ruled to keep 46-year-old Linor Sasson in custody in the case concerning the death of 19-year-old Benayahu Razi. At this stage, the court found sufficient prima facie evidence supporting allegations that Sasson helped members of a group accused of murdering Razi flee after the attack and obstructed the investigation, The Jerusalem Post reports.
Request for house arrest
The court has so far refused to release Sasson to house arrest, but instructed the Probation Service to prepare an assessment of a possible alternative preventive measure within 30 days. The issue of the woman’s further detention will be reconsidered on October 22.
Sasson’s lawyer asked for her release to house arrest with electronic monitoring. The defense noted that she is accused of aiding after the commission of a crime and obstructing justice, rather than participating in the murder itself. The prosecution opposed immediate release, citing Sasson’s criminal record, but agreed that the Probation Service could consider a possible alternative to detention.
Sasson is the mother of Avior Sasson, one of four minors charged with Razi’s murder. The court’s finding that prima facie evidence exists does not mean guilt has been established, and the main trial has not yet begun.
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Other defendants in the case
In August, indictments were filed against seven people to whom the prosecution assigns different roles in the case. Agam Tsarfati, a 19-year-old Jerusalem resident, Shilat Huti, a 20-year-old resident of Beersheba, as well as four minors aged approximately 15 to 17, were charged with murder and aggravated assault.
According to the prosecution, six suspects jointly decided to attack Razi and his friend, while the physical assault that led to Razi’s death was carried out by four minors. According to the indictments, the group gathered at Sasson’s home after Tsarfati and Huti said that Razi and his friend had attacked them during an earlier conflict.
The prosecution also alleges that Sasson later drove the group toward a rented apartment in Jerusalem’s Nahlaot neighborhood, where Razi was staying. The indictment states that she warned those present not to do anything. After the attack, according to the prosecution, Sasson helped group members flee.
Razi died of stab wounds in the apartment on July 11, and his friend was also attacked and injured. Tsarfati and Huti remain in custody until a hearing on October 19. The next hearing regarding the four minors is scheduled for November.
