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Last update - 11:37 19/05/2008 Jerusalem police probe possible gang rape of disabled woman By Jonathan Lis, Haaretz Correspondent Tags: Israel, Crime, Rape Jerusalem police are investigating the possibility that a 27-year-old mentally disabled woman was gang-raped by nine men 10 days ago. It is further suspected that she was raped on two additional occasions in recent days by a total of 14 men. The first gang rape allegedly occured the day after Independence Day, at the apartment of a man named Itamar Nadav, in Jerusalem's Pisgat Ze'ev neighborhood. The Jerusalem Magistrate's Court on Sunday extended Nadav's remand by five days. There are plans to arrest the other suspects in the coming days, including four men who are soldiers. Advertisement Police believe that Nadav had met the woman recently. He claims he was unaware of her disability, that a friendship developed and soon included sex. Police are investigating at least three separate incidents in which Nadav and his friends allegedly had exploitative sex with the woman. The woman recently filed a police complaint alleging that on the day after Independence Day, she was held at Nadav's apartment against her will, prevented from using her mobile phone and raped. She says that on another occasion, she was allegedly raped in the presence of two women friends, wards of the same institution in which she resides. Police sources say that in his interrogation, Nadav did not deny his involvement in the incidents, but claimed everything was consensual. His lawyer, Ariel Atari, claimed at Sunday's remand hearing that the complainant tricked Nadav and his friends, and that it was she who initiated sexual relations with them. Atari even presented to the court a blatantly salacious text message the complainant sent to Nadav's mobile phone, in which she wrote among other things that she enjoyed having sex with him. Atari also told the court that the complainant introduced herself to Nadav while using a false name, telephoned him many times to schedule a date, and repeated that he did not notice the women in question was mentally challenged. The police representative presented the court with a psychiatric opinion concerning the woman's mental state, and added that her disability apparently precludes realization of the import of her actions. Related articles: Haifa court orders five convicted rapists to pay victim NIS 1.2 million Danish woman who alleged rape at kibbutz now says she's 'unsure' TA court sentences 'DNA Rapist' to 25 years in prison Bookmark to del.icio.us   Say what you want French court: Claim that Al-Dura tape doctored isn`t libelous. Peace in our time Olmert: Peace talks with Syria are a 'national duty'.   1.   Innocent until proven guilty 01:44  |  Jon 19/05/08   2.   smells like Germany to me 07:01  |  D 19/05/08   3.   Gang banging the mentally ill 09:35  |  Dror 19/05/08   4.   web and Internet 10:39  |  Keops 19/05/08   5.   Curiousity killed the cat 11:21  |  Dror 19/05/08   6.   IF GUILTY JAIL THEM, FOREVER. 13:35  |  petra 19/05/08   7.   #6 14:31  |  Mike 19/05/08   8.   parpar1.com material! 23:17  |  bluehead 19/05/08   9.   To #6 06:31  |  Northern 20/05/08   10.   #8 sad but true 08:14  |  Dror 20/05/08   11.   #6 00:46  |  Lobo 21/05/08   12.   is it not obvious she is mentally disabled 00:56  |  Alon The Israeli 21/05/08   13.   How sexually frustrated must you be? 08:33  |  Dror 21/05/08   14.   Sex crimes 08:39  |  Dror 21/05/08   15.   # 9 She is mentally ill they aren`t. 15:20  |  petra 21/05/08   16.   outsider 15:41  |  Di 21/05/08   17.   #15 are you silly? 20:28  |  Northern 21/05/08

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