Lawyers for former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and ex-Bezeq telecom firm owner Shaul Elovitch asked Wednesday for proceedings in their clients’ high-profile corruption trial to be halted until late September to allow more time to examine additional evidence set to be handed to them.
The Jerusalem District Court last week ordered prosecutors to fully look though the phone of key witness former Walla CEO Ilan Yeshua. That came in response to a request from defense attorneys, who argued they were not given the texts from all relevant conversations on Yeshua’s phone. The search will focus on any conservations with politicians, businessmen, and others Yeshua had concerning his involvement in news coverage at Walla.
Prosecutors have until June 27 to hand over the material.
Prosecutor Yehudit Tirosh agreed that the proceedings should be delayed to allow time to search Yeshua’s phone and hand the findings to the defense lawyers, but argued that a two-week postponement was sufficient.
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{Matzav.com}
