NETHERLANDS
Dutch News
Monday 06 October 2014
An Israeli rabbi wanted in Israel for allegedly sexually abusing several young women does not have to be locked up pending an extradition hearing, a Dutch court ruled on Monday.
Eliezer Berland was arrested at Schiphol airport in September but released from custody the next day. The public prosecution department said he should be kept under lock and key while the courts consider the extradition request.
Judges said on Monday Berland can remain a free man until the hearing on November 17. However, he has been ordered to report to the police on a daily basis.
Berland is suspected of sexually abusing and raping a number of young women. The claims first emerged in 2012 and since then the rabbi has managed to keep out of Israel hands, spending time in the US, Switzerland, Moroco, Zimbabwe and South Africa.
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