BACKGROUND: "Tair Rada was murdered inside a bathroom stall at the Nofei Golan School in Katzrin on December 6, 2006. Almost three years later, the Nazareth District Court convicted Roman Zadorov, a foreign citizen and resident of Katzrin, of murdering the girl. The verdict ignored a dense fabric of defense evidence that led to his conviction. Since then, however, the affair has continued to occupy the media and public opinion. Despite the firm verdict - the justice system has discussed it several more times and left the conviction intact. Zadorov, who worked in flooring at Rada's school, was arrested a few days after the murder, confessed to the murder and even reenacted it. He then retracted his confession, and as the trial progressed the defense was able to raise doubts among the public that Zadorov was indeed the killer. Subsequently, the defense presented two new opinions regarding the type of knife with which Rada was murdered as well as the marks that were on her pants. The district court reviewed the opinion, and decided at the end of the day to uphold the conviction. However, Zadorov's defense team appealed to the Supreme Court again and this time Zadorov was again convicted of murder - but only by a majority opinion. Justices Yitzhak Amit and Zvi Zilbertal convicted the defendant, while Judge Yoram Danziger acquitted him out of doubt. A year ago, Zadorov filed another appeal to the Supreme Court. About two months ago, Chief Justice Hanan Meltzer ruled that Zadorov should have a retrial. "
Jerusalem Post: Reporter Eli Ashkenazi; August 26, 2021.
QUOTE OF THE DAY: "In a conversation she had this morning (Friday) with Nissim Mashaal on 103FM, she referred to a sentence that is stirring the country: “Zdorov is not the killer. There are some suspects but my hands are tied and I can not do anything and a half. “
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GIST: "The District Court in Nazareth is currently hearing the evidence in the retrial of Roman Zadorov, who is accused of the murder of Tair Rada at the Nofei Golan school in Katzrin in 2006 – 15 years ago.
Tair’s mother, Ilana, makes sure to appear at all court hearings, and listen to all the evidence.
In a conversation she had this morning (Friday) with Nissim Mashaal on 103FM, she referred to a sentence that is stirring the country: “Zdorov is not the killer. There are some suspects but my hands are tied and I can not do anything and a half. “
Rada recounted: “I never imagined that going to court and canceling my daily routine would be so difficult. From what I see, if you are not there you do not really know all the protocols, so my presence in the place is important. “
When asked if she thinks it seems difficult to convict Zadorov of murder – she replied: “I have been thinking about this for 15 years. Lying to me and the public at large. No one knew what was going on there – it was a delusional verdict. The forensic vision in the quotes was the imprint of the shoes – it turns out they did not check the rest of the imprints – there was a very serious omission by the police here. He is not the killer and all the evidence that was attached to them began to collapse slowly. “
“I do not say this one hundred percent,” Rada added – explaining: “I am the mother of a victim, the victim’s family is not involved in the criminal proceedings nor in the knowledge. I do not rely on the senses. Let the prosecution come and prove to me unequivocally that Zadorov is the killer, so rest my mind but not my mind. But so far nothing.
“We are here in the middle of a process, for example in everything related to AK. I am eagerly awaiting more material – I know information, but I have no evidence. I have to come as I came to the hearings and see how significant evidence is added. “
She later promised: “We will find the killer. We have found directions and we can not reveal them, what’s more while the trial reveals more and more things. If Zadorov wins, we can know more. Beyond that, even after thirty years, it is possible to find out who the killer is, and I have directions that I cannot reveal. “
Asked if she tends to suspect the killer is from the immediate area or school, Rada replied in the affirmative: “I can say this and I base it on a few things: during the interrogation all the children were divided into youth interrogators to talk to, and when we collect all the forms we find out That part is written ‘The above is brought for further investigation on suspicion of the murder of Tair Rada’. The thing is, they did nothing about it. The children did not come for further investigation.
“These are suspects, but my hands are tied and I can do nothing and a half,” she stressed. “I have made moves and attempts to reach several trials and the State Attorney’s Office over the years.""
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