A Jerusalem magistrate's court sharply criticized police for arresting a rape suspect without a warrant and despite a prior court rejection of the arrest request, ruling it a 'false arrest in defiance of a court order' and ordering damages in the hundreds of thousands of shekels, according to i24NEWS.
i24NEWS reports that a Jerusalem magistrate's court ordered police to pay compensation of hundreds of thousands of shekels to a rape suspect arrested without a warrant and in defiance of a court decision that had rejected the arrest request. The judge ruled the arrest a 'false arrest contrary to the court's ruling,' noting that no investigative steps had been taken. The suspect, a Jerusalem-area resident, was awarded damages. The court's ruling highlights the standard of judicial oversight of police detention practices. The case was reported by attorney Shlomi Heller.
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