Charges against deputy Rosh Yeshiva of Horev: manslaughter

Northern District Prosecutor's Office filed by attorney Wiam Kablaui, to the Nazareth Magistrate's Court an indictment against Yosef Yehoshua Elia , a resident of Neve Daniel, 54 years old, a teacher and deputy Rosh Yeshiva of Horev in Jerusalem, for causing death by negligence of the deceased Eviatar Avivi - a student of eighth grade who drowned in a pool at Ganei Huga on a school trip to the North in 2010.

According to the facts of the indictment, on 20th Iyar 5770, seventh and eighth graders from the Horev Yeshiva in Jerusalem, numbering about 215 students, went out on a trip to the north, which included sleeping in Ganei Huga in Beit She'an .

Eliav organized the trip and was responsible for it, both in terms of organizing the trip, and in terms of compliance with safety rules.

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The next day, at around 18:15, after the students returned from a trip in the North to Ganei Huga, the defendant allowed the students to go into the water, although he not test the swimming ability of the students did not receive confirmation from parents and without permission from the Ministry of Education to let them into the pool at Ganei Huga.

Shortly after entering the water along with about 80 students in the pool , the deceased drowned to death in the pool.

The defendant, being in charge of the school trip and student safety and the safety of the deceased, took a risk of the possibility of causing the death of the deceased, when an ordinary person would, under the circumstances, be aware of the same result . Thus, according to the indictment, the defendant negligently caused the death of the deceased.

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