Following the Volkov family’s protest and the public outcry surrounding the flagship case against road violence, the prosecutor’s office is examining the issue of the intent of the stabbing, which may affect the facts of the indictment, and it appears that the suspect in the murder of Adi Mizrahi will be charged with murder as requested
After the public criticism of the police prosecution, Adi Mizrahi, the suspect in the stabbing to death of the late Yuri Volkov at the crossing in Holon a few weeks ago, will be charged with the crime of murder – and not the crime of manslaughter. This was reported in ‘Khan Ha’od’ and it was noted that the protest of the Volkov family as well as the echo The public controversy surrounding Yuri’s death, which is the flagship case of road violence, led to the prosecutor’s office deciding to charge Adi Mizrahi with the crime of murder, rather than the crime of manslaughter.
Officials familiar with the investigation told ‘Kan’ that it was decided to charge Mizrahi with the crime of murder, even if not the most serious – murder under aggravating circumstances, but to attribute to him the crime of murder with intent or indifference, causing the death of a person – an offense for which the maximum penalty is up to life imprisonment .
These days, the top prosecutor’s office is debating whether to attribute to Mizrahi the whole issue of intent when he stabbed Volkov. This detail may affect the facts that will appear in the indictment, as well as the punishment that will be handed down later. A decision on this issue will be made in the coming days. Next week the police will submit a prosecutor’s statement against Mizrahi, in preparation for the indictment that will be filed against him soon.
Lawyer Eyal Besarglik, who represents the Volkov family, said in response to the report: “We will work to lead to a charge of premeditated murder because that is the act. We will do everything necessary, including a meeting with the district attorney and including a meeting with the head of the District Attorney’s Office. This is nothing less than premeditated murder.”
According to him, “This is a horrible murder that was carried out with the first intention when the murderer Adi Mizrahi is chasing the deceased’s wife with the aim of eliminating her for not wronging him or her husband. Nothing will bring Mr. Volkov back to life and the entire traumatized family insists that the murdered man’s blood will not be in vain and that the murderer be punished with the maximum penalty stipulated in the law on murder. We will work in the coming days to make sure that justice is served before the police and the prosecutor’s office so that a despicable murderer does not enjoy any relief.” So the lawyer in Sergalik.