Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert has been sentenced by the Jerusalem District Court for corruption.
Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert has been sentenced by the Jerusalem District Court for corruption.Olmert was found not guilty in July 2012 in the so-called 'Morris Talansky case'. "The court changed its decision, as there is irrefutable proof of cheating the public trust," TASS cited the sentence.He was convicted at a retrial on 31 March 2014 of taking $143,000 from his brother Yossi Olmert, who was a mediator between the ex-head of government and businessman Shmuel Dechner.
Olmert was found not guilty in July 2012 in the so-called 'Morris Talansky case'. "The court changed its decision, as there is irrefutable proof of cheating the public trust," TASS cited the sentence.
He was convicted at a retrial on 31 March 2014 of taking $143,000 from his brother Yossi Olmert, who was a mediator between the ex-head of government and businessman Shmuel Dechner.
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