Fesler was sentenced in February by the Petah Tikva traffic court to 12 months in prison, a suspended term, permanent revocation of her driver’s license, and NIS 10,000 in compensation to Rafael’s family. The appeal returns the case to one of its central legal and moral fault lines: not whether Fesler caused the crash itself, but what she did after it. Still, the trial court found, after a full evidentiary hearing, that she was aware she had hit a person and nevertheless drove home without stopping, checking the scene, or calling for help. The filing leans heavily on both the facts of the case and the trial court’s own findings about Fesler’s conduct. Prosecutors also singled out the compensation order, calling the NIS 10,000 awarded to Rafael’s family far too low given the circumstances.

Source: Ethiopian News April 01, 2026 02:49 UTC