Ex-President of Israeli got into prison

Ex-President of Israeli Moshe Katsav on Monday began to serve a seven-year prison term for rape and sexual crimes, reports Jerusalem Post .

Moshe Katsav still rejects all charges against him. The former head of Israel said that the court sentenced the innocent and buries him alive.

Moshe Katsava was sentenced in March this year. On November 10, the Israeli Supreme Court upheld the sentence. The details of the process remained unknown to the general public. The 65-year-old Katsav was convicted in December last year to rape his former employee and sexual harassment to two other women during his stay as president. It is known that Katsav was guilty of the use of official powers. Women who accused the ex-president of sexual harassment worked under his leadership in the Ministry of Tourism and in the office of the head of state. The ex-president himself claimed that the women stipulated him, but during the court he himself confused in the testimony, which undermined confidence in his testimony.

During the appeal, the lawyers of the ex-president tried to achieve an excuse for a number of prosecution and reduction in the sentence. They argued that there was no fact of rape, but there were only contacts by mutual agreement. However, the Supreme Court, the last meeting of which also passed behind closed doors, upheld the verdict.

Moshe Katsav was the president of Israel from 2000 to 2007 and resigned ahead of schedule in connection with the beginning of criminal prosecution. He became the most high-ranking Israeli official, ever sentenced to imprisonment.