Trapped in an elevator, sanctions on water: Refused to pay the committee fee and turned his neighbors' lives into a nightmare

A resident of an apartment building in Rehovot was convicted of assaulting an elderly person, threats, and assault against his elderly neighbors who managed the building committee. The conflict began with his refusal to pay committee fees and escalated to violence, including locking the complainant in an elevator, death threats, and shutting off the water supply. The judge dismissed his version as 'shaky and convoluted' and convicted him based on security cameras and additional evidence.

A resident of an apartment building in Rehovot was convicted of a series of violent offenses and threats against his elderly neighbors, who managed the building committee. The conflict began about three to four years ago, when the defendant refused to pay committee fees for two years. Subsequently, he began tampering with security cameras and entrance locks, and eventually escalated to physical violence. In the main incident, the defendant prevented the complainant from entering the building, slammed the entrance door five times, threatened to kill her ('I will kill you, I will throw you to Gaza'), and after she entered the elevator, pushed her against the wall and slammed the door several times, causing injury to her arm. Additionally, he shut off the water supply to their apartment, chased the complainant with a bottle and threatened to slit her throat, and attempted to attack the complainant with stones. Judge Keren Veksler dismissed the defendant's version, who gave contradictory accounts and claimed the videos were censored, and ruled that the prosecution had proven his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. She described his testimony as 'shaky, convoluted, irrelevant, and at times even outrageous,' and his courtroom behavior as domineering. The defendant was convicted of assaulting an elderly person causing actual bodily harm, threats, assault, and attempted assault.