A resident of Ashdod was arrested on suspicion of raping a young woman, an refugee from Ukraine who led him to a B&B to carry out his plot. The Israel Police today (Thursday) arrested for questioning a resident of Ashdod in his 50s, on suspicion of raping a 19-year-old girl, a refugee who recently arrived in Israel from Ukraine.
The investigation began last night at the Sderot station, following a report received by the victim’s mother, about a suspicion of rape committed on her daughter. According to the complaint, this is a suspect from Ashdod, who knew the young woman about a week ago, From the house where she lives, and then so on suspicion, the man led her to a B&B in one of the moshavim in the south, where he carried out his plot against her.
Sderot police investigators arrested the suspect for questioning on suspicion of rape and other sexual offenses, and today he was brought before a court, which extended his detention until next Monday – 25.4.2022.
Advocate Ohad Chen, representing the suspect, told the media: “This is a case in which the two arranged to meet. The complainant initiated the meeting, during which she received gifts. We assume that because she has another romantic relationship and once the affair with the suspect is revealed, she will want to tell her partner that it is rape. The suspect claims that the relationship between them was in full agreement, a claim that a police representative at the hearing also confirmed. We assume he will be released after the detention extension, he has no criminal record and he has never been arrested or known to the police. “