Nurse at Hospital Convicted of Raping Colleague

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Ahmad Saeed, a certified nurse at a hospital, asked a colleague to accompany him to fetch equipment during a night shift, but led her to the on-call doctor's room and locked the door.

According to Israel Hayom, in her testimony the complainant said she froze in fear, and after the assault she returned to work as usual. The Lod District Court unanimously convicted Saeed of rape and of committing an indecent act.

The judges rejected the defendant's claim that the relations were consensual and found the complainant's account credible. According to Maariv, the judges stated: "We found her account credible without any qualification".