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Former soccer player sentenced to 1 year in prison for running over protesters in Tel Aviv

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TL;DR

Haim Sirotkin, a former soccer player, was sentenced to one year in prison for running over five protesters in Tel Aviv in April 2024 while driving through a crowd crossing the street. The court found he acted recklessly, not intentionally, and ordered four years of license suspension, a suspended sentence, and 36,000 shekels in compensation.

01 · How it developed

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    Driver identified as Haim Sirotkin; ordered to pay 36,000 shekels in compensation.

  2. Israeli court sentences driver who hit hostage-family protesters to one year in prison

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