Charges against Grossman's attacker: injury under severe circumstances

Jerusalem District Attorney, through attorney Moriah Cohen, submitted today (Sunday) in the District Court an indictment against a resident of Bnei Brak, 21, for aggravated sabotage and conspiracy of crime.

According to the indictment, the complainant Nati Grossman served as editor of Yated Ne'eman for 25 years, until he was fired before about 6 months ago. About a month after his dismissal, the complainant founded, with others, a competing new paper called 'Hapelles', and the complainant was appointed editor of the newspaper. As a result, there is an ongoing conflict between the different factions among Litvishe public associated with the competing newspapers.

Before the attack which occurred two weeks ago, the defendant and another person conspired to injure the plaintiff. For this purpose, they acquired a stocking cap and torch and entered the house of the complainant to ascertain the time of his return home.

On Motzaei Shabbos Vayigash, tenth of Tevet, around 1:00 am, the complainant entered the staircase to his house in Bayit Vegan, Jerusalem. The defendant, who was waiting there with a flashlight in his hands, turned to the complainant and asked where family Faksher lives. After the plaintiff answered the complainant that this family does not live in the building and headed toward the elevator, the defendant called a second person who waiting there and was masked. When the complainant saw the masked man, he tried to escape, but the masked man and the defendant began to attack him and hit him in the head with an object whose identity is not known.

The complainant, who began to bleed from his head, tried to protect his head with his left hand, but they continued to beat him. The complainant tried to scream for help and run to the elevator, but tripped and they continued to beat him. At this moment, the complainant's neighbor heard groaning outside the home. The neighbor who came out of his home and noticed what was happening, approached the defendant and masked man and grabbed hold of them. They pushed him and started to run away.

As a result of the acts of the two, the complainant suffered cuts in his head and broke his left hand finger.

In doing so, the defendant conspired with another person to commit a crime and caused serious injury when two joined together to commit the act by one or a few.

Following the indictment, the Jerusalem District Attorney's Office filed a request to the court to order the extension of the respondent's restrictive conditions until the end of the legal proceedings against him. A hearing will be held on tomorrow (Monday) at 9:30 before Judge Ram Vinograd.

The defendant's attorney declined to comment on the indictment.

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