Haaretz Kabbalist rabbi, convicted in 2015 of bribing senior police officer,
showed up to prison an previously established deadline coordinated with
the Israel Prison Services.
Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto arrived at the medical center of Nitzan Prison,
Ramle on Tuesday afternoon to officially begin his year-long prison term
for his bribery conviction,
an hour-and-a-half after the previously established deadline
coordinated with the Israel Prison Services. Pinto checked himself into a
hospital for medical treatment earlier Tuesday, an hour before the
deadline. Due to health concerns, he will serve his sentence in the medical center of Nitzan Prison, Ramle. [...]
The kabbalist
rabbi was convicted last May of bribing a senior police officer and
other corruption offenses, after pleading guilty in a plea bargain. His
appeal to reduce his sentence to six months’ community service, given
his deteriorating medical condition, was denied by the Supreme Court
last month. [...]
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