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del.icio.us Digg It! new Last update - 15:19 10/09/2007 Or Akiva resident sentenced to 17 years for killing man during brawl By Roni Singer-Heruti, Haaretz Correspondent The Tel Aviv District Court on Monday sentenced Yossi Hazan to 17 years in prison for killing Eli Abravaya during a fight that broke out at the "Flow" nightclub in Herzliya last year. The brawl broke out during Abravaya's 28th birthday party, and was documented on film by the club's security cameras. The video of the incident shows 28-year-old Hazan from Or Akiva and his friends beating and kicking the victim outside the club long after he became motionless and stopped trying to defend himself. After the fight, the perpetrators fled the scene. Advertisement The prosecution decided ultimately to charge Hazan with manslaughter rather than murder out of fear they would not be able to prove his intent. In his ruling, Judge Chaled Kabub wrote that the "incident before me is extreme not because of its tragic result, but because of the amount of cruelty and evil seen in the behavior of the defendant and his friends, who beat Abravaya without mercy or compassion." "They kicked the victim again and again," the judge wrote, "while he lay helpless on the ground until his strength ran out, and even then, they didn't leave him alone." The judge also took into account the dozens of frightened witnesses who were afraid to come forward and testify against Hazan. He wrote in the verdict that Hazan and his friends had threatened to harm those around them should they cooperate with the police. Chabub also mentioned the fact that Abravaya had been an only child to a single mother, and wrote that he "could not remain indifferent to the silent tears of the mother who followed the hearings." In the verdict, Chabub also called on the police to continue the investigation into the incident, and to arrest the other people involved in the violence. "It is not logical that a person who committed such a crime will continue to walk free as if a man's life had not been taken in an appalling way." Chabub wrote that the security video from the club only fortified the evidence against the defendant, and "emphasized in strong colors the evil, cruelty and wickedness." After the sentencing, a commotion erupted in the courtroom. Hazan's parents accosted the judge screaming and yelling, while Abravaya's mother tried to pounce on Hazan's parents and beat them. The courthouse security guards dragged her forcibly outside the building.
yeah, but not to mention the government, these days parents can't even discipline their own damn children, without the cops arresting them for whatever evil charge