Former Israeli President, Moshe Katsav, who has been convicted of two rapes and several cases of sexual violence. This was decided by a district court in Tel Aviv, after an investigation and a trial lasted four years and a source of great controversy in the country. Katsav has been convicted of two rapes of an official from the Ministry of Tourism, at the time when the former president was charge of the department, between 1996 and 1999.And of abuse and sexual harassment against two officials of the Bureau, between 2000 and 2007. According to the judge's version of events given by Katsav is "full of lies" while the evidence in support of victims' complaints have gradually strengthened during the long process. Now faces a sentence of sixteen years in prison.
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