Qatargate: Urich released for 10 day house arrest against police reques

Qatargate: Urich released for 10 day house arrest against police reques

Israel Police originally requested that it be for three weeks. The request was also set to be extended to the unnamed former Mossad official.

Qatargate: Judge indicates that there will be no indictment

In a dramatic turn during the high-profile Qatargate investigation, a Rishon Lezion judge released Netanyahu's advisor Yonatan Urich to house arrest and cast serious doubt on the prosecution’s direction.

The suspect was released to house arrest for 10 days after the police requested 21 • He was forbidden to contact those involved in the affair until August • Police officials against Judge Mizrahi: "It is doubtful whether he is qualified to continue judging the proceedings in this case"

The police have internalized some of the legal criticism that landed on them in the Magistrate's and Supreme Courts, at the end of last week, and did not request to extend the detention of Prime Minister's Advisor Yonatan Urich. In the question about house arrest, Magistrate's Court Judge Menachem Mizrahi, only partially accepted the police request - and ordered that Urich be placed under house arrest for only 10 days, as well as the former Mos…

Before the hearing, there was a brief confrontation between Urich and the former Mossad officer who was also arrested in the case. The police will request that the two be placed under house arrest for 21 days. Judge Mizrahi: "It is difficult to assume that the suspicions will lead to an indictment"

The police will request to continue the arrest of former Prime Minister's spokesman Yonatan Urich for 21 days. The hearing will be held today before the President of the Rishon LeZion Magistrate's Court, Menachem Mizrahi. The post Qatargate: Police will request to detain Urich for an additional 21 days appeared first on srugim.