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[chottala.com] Ex-President of Israel Sentenced to Prison in Rape Case



Ex-President of Israel Sentenced to Prison in Rape Case
By ISABEL KERSHNER
Published: March 22, 2011

JERUSALEM — An Israeli court sentenced Moshe Katsav, the country's former president, to seven years in prison for rape on Tuesday.

Ariel Schalit/Associated Press

Former President Moshe Katsav, center, left a Tel Aviv courthouse on Tuesday after his sentencing. An appeal is expected.

The sentencing is the latest stage in a sordid case that Israel's leaders point to as proof of the principle of equality before the law, but also one in which the prestige of Israel's highest office has been brought to a historic low.

Mr. Katsav, who has consistently maintained his innocence, burst into tears upon hearing the sentence, according to reports from inside the Tel Aviv courtroom, and shouted at the judges that they had made a mistake, crying out: "It is a lie! The girls know it is a lie!"

In December, Mr. Katsav, 65, was convicted of raping an employee — identified only by her first initial, A. — on two occasions while he was minister of tourism in 1998.

The court also convicted him of sexually abusing and harassing another woman and of harassing a third while he was president — a distinguished, if mostly ceremonial, position that Mr. Katsav held from 2000 to 2007. He was also convicted of obstruction of justice.

The sentencing came four years after accusations of sexual offenses were made against Mr. Katsav while he was still the head of state.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said after the sentencing that this was "a day of sadness and shame" for Israel, "but it is also a day of deep appreciation and pride for the Israeli justice system."

He added: "The court issued a sharp and unequivocal ruling on a simple principle, that of equality before the law; nobody is above the law, not even a former president, all are subject to the law. This distinguishes the State of Israel in a very large region."

Mr. Katsav is expected to begin his sentence in early May, after the Passover holiday, though it is likely that he will appeal.

One of his lawyers, Zion Amir, told Israel Radio, "Regarding the sentence, I have no doubt that this was not the last word." Mr. Amir said he was not surprised by the sentence in light of the "harsh" verdict against Mr. Katsav. Many Israeli legal experts said the punishment was fitting given both the gravity of Mr. Katsav's crimes and the added weight of his public standing.

Rape verdicts in Israel usually carry a minimum sentence of 4 years and a maximum of 16. The judges said in their ruling that the fact that Mr. Katsav had been president was no reason for leniency. On the contrary, they said, he had abused his authority and standing in order to carry out his crimes.

They wrote that Mr. Katsav's acts had "brought disgrace on the symbol of the institution of the presidency." In addition to the seven-year sentence, Mr. Katsav received a two-year suspended sentence and was ordered to pay compensation to two of his victims. No television cameras or radio microphones were allowed in the courtroom during the proceedings and most of the trial took place behind closed doors.

Mr. Katsav had contended that the rape accusation was a plot by the former Tourism Ministry employee, who he said was seeking revenge after she was fired. But the judges who convicted him cited evidence that contradicted Mr. Katsav's testimony, which they said they found "false."

Expressing a minority opinion, Yehudit Shevach, one of the panel of three judges who handed down the sentence, said that four years of imprisonment and more compensation would have been sufficient punishment. She cited what she called the "trial by media" and remarks by the attorney general at the time, who described Mr. Katsav's behavior as that of a "serial sex offender" even before he was formally charged. Mr. Katsav's lawyers also argued that he had been demonized and condemned by the news media and by leaks and statements from public figures before the trial started.

The other two judges, George Kara and Miriam Sokolov, argued that the unprecedented publicity, some legitimate and some not, was a result of Mr. Katsav's high standing.

Miriam Rosenthal, a lawyer and former Tel Aviv district attorney, said that the court had neither lightened the sentence nor penalized Mr. Katsav unduly because of the high post he held.

Mr. Katsav resigned from the presidency in disgrace in 2007, two weeks before the end of his seven-year term, to a chorus of public criticism over a deal he had reached with state prosecutors.

According to the terms of the deal, the rape charges against him were to be dropped in exchange for an admission of guilt for lesser offenses. Mr. Katsav was to serve no jail time under the deal. But in a surprising courtroom twist in April 2008 Mr. Katsav backed out of the plea agreement, saying that he wished to fight for his innocence in court.

A version of this article appeared in print on March 23, 2011, on page A6 of the New York edition.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/23/world/middleeast/23katsav.html 

Israeli Ex-President, Katsav, Sentenced in Rape Case - NYTimes.com

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Mar 22, 2011 – An Israeli court on Tuesday ordered former Israeli President Moshe Katsav to prison for seven years following his rape conviction.
On 22 March 2011, in a landmark ruling, Katsav was sentenced to seven years in prison. Katsav has appealed his conviction to the Supreme Court of Israel.

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Jul 11, 2011 – JERUSALEM — Former Israeli President Moshe Katsav is being investigated for allegedly harassing a witness as he appeals a rape conviction, ...
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[chottala.com] A Political Roza Iftar Party - A poem by Dr. Mustafa Kamal Sherwani



To trap these 'FOOLS', it is the best hook
August,4,2011

A Political Roza  Iftar Party 
(A Leader issues instructions to  his workers )
********************************************
Count all the known 'BEARDS' with utmost care,
Seduce them all into our Party's voting share.
Give them the title of 'ULEMA' of high esteem,
When they come, like the locust , it must seem.
Manage to make them sit in separate rows,
To send  a strong message to our   foes.
For us, all of them are a great asset,
Their every motion must be recorded in cassette.
The 'LONGER  BEARDS' must occupy central places,
From all sides, the media must cover their faces.
On this gullible community is resting our  hope,
To blunt their  mind, these 'IFTARS' are a  dope.
With round caps on , like them, you must look,
To trap these 'FOOLS', it is the best hook.
 *********************************************
Dr. Mustafa Kamal Sherwani,LL.D.                       
Chairman, All India Muslim Forum
Sherwani Nagar, Sitapur Road
Lucknow,U.P. India
 
Related:
Khaleda hosts iftar for political leaders
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BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia hosts an iftar party for the leaders of different political parties at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in the city on Thursday. Photo: STAR

Star Online Report

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia hosted an iftar party on Thursday for leaders of different political parties at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in the city.

Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh President AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury, Liberal Democratic Party President Oli Ahmed, Krishak Sramik Janata League President Kader Siddiqui and Jatiya Party (Ershad) presidium member Kazi Jafar Ahmed are among other political leaders joined the iftar party.

Source:

http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/latest_news.php?nid=31312

To trap the 'FOOLS', it is the best hook:

Khaleda Zia Too observing Umrah at Makkah 2011-04-01_7085.JPG

 "A picture says more than a thousand words"



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[chottala.com] Re: Sex Scandal: Murder exposed Saudi prince's homosexual life -BBC



The Saudi prince was sentenced to jail in late 2010 for murdering
his homosexual lover .....
Do you want to put the matter under the rugs ASAP?
 
This just one tip of the  iceberg .... the murder of the man-servant
exposed Saudi prince's homosexual life in black and white .....!!!
 
The sexual escapades and orgies are not very uncommon among
the upper class Saudis .....Behind the veil .... 2-Ws [Wine and
Womanising] and gambling by the mebmers of the House of Sauds
is an open secret......
 
"Late King Fahd had a reputation as a playboy with allegations of
womanising, drinking and gambling to excess ......."
Ref:

Riyadh to Brussels: A Tale of Two Womanising Kings:

http://www.brusselsjournal.com/node/137

 
 


 
On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 9:51 AM, S A Hannan <sahannan@sonarbangladesh.com> wrote:

When it happened?

 


From: Syed_Aslam3 [mailto:syed.aslam3@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 2:13 PM
Subject: Sex Scandal: Murder exposed Saudi prince's homosexual life -BBC

 

How murder exposed Saudi prince's homosexual life

By Chris Summers BBC News

 

Landmarkpa_49421114.jpg

The couple stayed for almost a month at the Landmark Hotel in London

A Saudi prince has been jailed for life for murdering his manservant, who was found beaten to death in bed at a plush London hotel. The defendant spent most of the trial trying to prove he was not gay. Why?

Before his trial began at the Old Bailey, Prince Saud bin Abdulaziz bin Nasir al Saud made strenuous efforts to keep the question of his homosexuality secret.

The 34-year-old prince admitted he had assaulted his manservant, Bandar Abdulaziz, but denied murder.

His barrister, John Kelsey-Fry QC, argued the question of sexuality was irrelevant to the case and pointed out homosexual acts were a "mortal sin" under Islamic sharia law.

Mr Kelsey-Fry said if the prince was outed as a homosexual he could face execution in his native Saudi Arabia.

Jonathan Laidlaw QC, prosecuting, argued that if he was convicted and recommended for deportation after serving his sentence he would be able to claim asylum in Britain by arguing that his life was in danger, whether or not he actually was gay.

He said it was not for a defendant "to edit the prosecution evidence".

 BandarAbdulAziz_49377795_prince1.jpgBandar Abdulaziz was an orphan Bandar Abdulaziz, who was found beaten and strangled to death in the Landmark Hotel, in central London

Christoph Wilcke, a Saudi Arabia expert with Human Rights Watch, said homosexuals had in the past been executed but it was usually for rape and he said a prince would be immune from court action.

When the trial began, Mr Kelsey-Fry went to great lengths to stress his client denied he was gay.

But a string of witnesses suggested otherwise.

A hotel porter, Dobromir Dimitrov, himself homosexual, said: "I would describe them as a gay couple."

But Mr Kelsey-Fry, cross examining Mr Dimitrov, told him: "It is not accepted that this was in fact a gay couple - but I readily accept that you had the impression they were a gay couple."

Two male escorts, Pablo Silva and Louis Szikora, also gave evidence they had performed sex acts on the prince.

Naked photos

Although the prince never gave evidence, during police interviews he insisted he was heterosexual and had a girlfriend in Saudi Arabia.

But Mr Laidlaw said this was a lie: "The defendant's keeping back of his homosexuality might in other circumstances, because of the cultural background perhaps, be explained away by embarrassment, or indeed, fear.

"But the defendant's concealing of the sexual aspect to his abuse of the victim was, we will argue, for altogether more sinister reasons."

When he was found in the bed in Room 312 of the Landmark Hotel in central London, the victim had bite marks on his cheeks. The police also found naked photographs of him on the prince's mobile

All this, suggested Mr Laidlaw, suggested a "sexual element" to the abuse which led to the victim's death.

Princegetty_49480984.jpg His royal heritage could not save the prince from British justice

The prince, whose mother was one of 50 children of the late King Saud, paid for his 32-year-old manservant to fly around the world and stay in the best hotels.

Together in London they went shopping, dined in the best restaurants and drank champagne and cocktails in swanky nightclubs.

They shared a bed but the prince frequently subjected his manservant to violent attacks, such as the beating which was captured on the CCTV camera in a hotel lift three weeks before Bandar Abdulaziz's death.

In the footage, the victim makes no attempt to fight back and afterwards walks meekly after his master like a scolded dog.

Professor Gregory Gause, a Saudi Arabia expert, said: "Homosexuality is considered extremely shameful in Saudi Arabia and there is not a publicly acknowledged homosexual community.

"It's still closeted. But, for young Saudi men, contact with the opposite sex is extremely difficult so there might be a temptation to experiment before marriage," said Prof Gause, from the University of Vermont.

He said about 5,000 Saudi princes get a yearly stipend of about $200,000 (£126,000), but some were "fabulously wealthy".

Lift assault

An insight into the prince's bashfulness about his homosexuality was given by one of the escorts, Mr Szikora, who described visiting the prince for a two-hour "erotic" session three days before the murder.

He said: "The man I met ultimately did want sexual massage but it is like mixing Nigel Havers with Omar Sharif. You have to build some rapport.

"Middle Eastern gentlemen, they are not as open about what they want as people in the West."

 

Princeabdulazizgetty.jpg The prince's father, Prince Abdulaziz, attended his son's trial at the Old Bailey

Whatever the exact relationship between the prince and his manservant, when he overstepped the mark with his beatings and inflicted fatal injuries on Bandar, he tried to conceal it by concocting a cover story.

He claimed his manservant had been beaten up and robbed of 3,000 euros in Edgware Road three weeks before, and suggested those injuries must have led to his death.

His lies were exposed by the post mortem, which showed the injuries were fresh, and by CCTV footage in the lift, which showed it was the prince who inflicted those earlier injuries.

He later admitted causing the injuries which led to Bandar's death.

Now the prince has been jailed for life and ordered to spend up to 20 years behind bars in Britain before being deported back to Saudi Arabia.

But Mr Wilcke said: "Irrespective of the court verdict, his humiliation has already taken place. A family council will have been held and he will probably have his money cut off."

Watch the video at:

 

This CCTV footage taken inside the hotel's lift exposed the prince's lies and proved he had been ill-treating his manservant

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11492867

WAHABI Saudi Prostitution Exposed:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iziGYe_ecQg&feature=fvwrel

 

 




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Re: [chottala.com] Re: [Alapon] Re: Warm wishes - My response on your article



Thank you Sir for your response.

No problem, let's take our time to get to the conclusion.

Vala thaikkun.
Assalamualaikum.
Helal

Sent on the TELUS Mobility network with BlackBerry


From: Abdul Mannan <abman1971@gmail.com>
Sender: chottala@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2011 14:55:52 -0700
To: <chottala@yahoogroups.com>
ReplyTo: chottala@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [chottala.com] Re: [Alapon] Re: Warm wishes - My response on your article

 

It is good not to come conclusion too soon. Let us not miss up things.

Take care.

M

On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 10:46 AM, Helal Ahmed <huahmed@yahoo.com> wrote:
 

As i didn't see any response from Mannan sir, i can conclude that he accepted my notion, which is, by pardoning Mr. Biplob, our honorable president Zillur Rahman lost the moral ground to seek justice for his wife's killing.
 
Thnx.
Helal
 

From: sam chowdhury <sam2chowdhury@yahoo.com>
To: alapon@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, August 2, 2011 1:33 PM
Subject: [Alapon] Re: Warm wishes - My response on your article
 
If you read the fine print you will see Prof. Mannan never said or justified the pardon by the President.  Some readers failed to learn and understand what the Prof said in his coloumn. Past is never a past because all Future is Based on Past.  It is the History of Human Ciivilization!!  



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[chottala.com] Sex Scandal: Murder exposed Saudi prince's homosexual life -BBC



How murder exposed Saudi prince's homosexual life

By Chris Summers BBC News
 

Landmarkpa_49421114.jpg

The couple stayed for almost a month at the Landmark Hotel in London

A Saudi prince has been jailed for life for murdering his manservant, who was found beaten to death in bed at a plush London hotel. The defendant spent most of the trial trying to prove he was not gay. Why?

Before his trial began at the Old Bailey, Prince Saud bin Abdulaziz bin Nasir al Saud made strenuous efforts to keep the question of his homosexuality secret.

The 34-year-old prince admitted he had assaulted his manservant, Bandar Abdulaziz, but denied murder.

His barrister, John Kelsey-Fry QC, argued the question of sexuality was irrelevant to the case and pointed out homosexual acts were a "mortal sin" under Islamic sharia law.

Mr Kelsey-Fry said if the prince was outed as a homosexual he could face execution in his native Saudi Arabia.

Jonathan Laidlaw QC, prosecuting, argued that if he was convicted and recommended for deportation after serving his sentence he would be able to claim asylum in Britain by arguing that his life was in danger, whether or not he actually was gay.

He said it was not for a defendant "to edit the prosecution evidence".

 BandarAbdulAziz_49377795_prince1.jpgBandar Abdulaziz was an orphan Bandar Abdulaziz, who was found beaten and strangled to death in the Landmark Hotel, in central London

Christoph Wilcke, a Saudi Arabia expert with Human Rights Watch, said homosexuals had in the past been executed but it was usually for rape and he said a prince would be immune from court action.

When the trial began, Mr Kelsey-Fry went to great lengths to stress his client denied he was gay.

But a string of witnesses suggested otherwise.

A hotel porter, Dobromir Dimitrov, himself homosexual, said: "I would describe them as a gay couple."

But Mr Kelsey-Fry, cross examining Mr Dimitrov, told him: "It is not accepted that this was in fact a gay couple - but I readily accept that you had the impression they were a gay couple."

Two male escorts, Pablo Silva and Louis Szikora, also gave evidence they had performed sex acts on the prince.

Naked photos

Although the prince never gave evidence, during police interviews he insisted he was heterosexual and had a girlfriend in Saudi Arabia.

But Mr Laidlaw said this was a lie: "The defendant's keeping back of his homosexuality might in other circumstances, because of the cultural background perhaps, be explained away by embarrassment, or indeed, fear.

"But the defendant's concealing of the sexual aspect to his abuse of the victim was, we will argue, for altogether more sinister reasons."

When he was found in the bed in Room 312 of the Landmark Hotel in central London, the victim had bite marks on his cheeks. The police also found naked photographs of him on the prince's mobile

All this, suggested Mr Laidlaw, suggested a "sexual element" to the abuse which led to the victim's death.

Princegetty_49480984.jpg His royal heritage could not save the prince from British justice

The prince, whose mother was one of 50 children of the late King Saud, paid for his 32-year-old manservant to fly around the world and stay in the best hotels.

Together in London they went shopping, dined in the best restaurants and drank champagne and cocktails in swanky nightclubs.

They shared a bed but the prince frequently subjected his manservant to violent attacks, such as the beating which was captured on the CCTV camera in a hotel lift three weeks before Bandar Abdulaziz's death.

In the footage, the victim makes no attempt to fight back and afterwards walks meekly after his master like a scolded dog.

Professor Gregory Gause, a Saudi Arabia expert, said: "Homosexuality is considered extremely shameful in Saudi Arabia and there is not a publicly acknowledged homosexual community.

"It's still closeted. But, for young Saudi men, contact with the opposite sex is extremely difficult so there might be a temptation to experiment before marriage," said Prof Gause, from the University of Vermont.

He said about 5,000 Saudi princes get a yearly stipend of about $200,000 (£126,000), but some were "fabulously wealthy".

Lift assault

An insight into the prince's bashfulness about his homosexuality was given by one of the escorts, Mr Szikora, who described visiting the prince for a two-hour "erotic" session three days before the murder.

He said: "The man I met ultimately did want sexual massage but it is like mixing Nigel Havers with Omar Sharif. You have to build some rapport.

"Middle Eastern gentlemen, they are not as open about what they want as people in the West."
 
Princeabdulazizgetty.jpg The prince's father, Prince Abdulaziz, attended his son's trial at the Old Bailey

Whatever the exact relationship between the prince and his manservant, when he overstepped the mark with his beatings and inflicted fatal injuries on Bandar, he tried to conceal it by concocting a cover story.

He claimed his manservant had been beaten up and robbed of 3,000 euros in Edgware Road three weeks before, and suggested those injuries must have led to his death.

His lies were exposed by the post mortem, which showed the injuries were fresh, and by CCTV footage in the lift, which showed it was the prince who inflicted those earlier injuries.

He later admitted causing the injuries which led to Bandar's death.

Now the prince has been jailed for life and ordered to spend up to 20 years behind bars in Britain before being deported back to Saudi Arabia.

But Mr Wilcke said: "Irrespective of the court verdict, his humiliation has already taken place. A family council will have been held and he will probably have his money cut off."

Watch the video at:
 

This CCTV footage taken inside the hotel's lift exposed the prince's lies and proved he had been ill-treating his manservant

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11492867

WAHABI Saudi Prostitution Exposed:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iziGYe_ecQg&feature=fvwrel

 

 



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