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Israel’s ex-president Katsav gets 7 years for rape

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Former Israeli president Moshe Katsav was on Tuesday sentenced to seven years behind bars after being convicted on two counts of rape and other offences in a scandal which has rocked Israel.

The judges also handed him a two-year suspended sentence and ordered him to pay compensation of 100,000 shekels ($28,000, 20,000 euros) to the main victim, known only as "Aleph", as well as 25,000 shekels ($7,000, 5,000 euros) to a second victim.

 

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