Prosecution appeals sentence of father who abused his son

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The State Prosecutor's Office has filed an appeal with the Supreme Court against a sentence of only one year in prison imposed on a father convicted of abusing his infant son. According to the indictment, starting when the boy was one month old, the father would strangle him until he lost consciousness in order to sedate him, and also bite and pinch him.

According to Kikar HaShabbat, the Jerusalem District Court sentenced the father to 12 months of actual imprisonment. According to Ice, the court set a sentencing range of two to four years in prison. The prosecution argues that the sentence imposed is "a true trivialization" of the severity of the acts.