Unamused Cat
March 28th, 2008, 06:41 PM
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A father of 12 children who were allegedly abused for years by their mother was arrested after getting off a plane at Ben-Gurion Airport on Wednesday, police said.
His 54-year-old wife is also suspected of failing to report multiple cases of incest among her children. On Tuesday, she was remanded in custody.
Police are now trying to determine if the father knew of - or participated in - the alleged abuse and incest at the family's home in Ramat Beit Shemesh.
"The question we are investigating is, did he know [what was going on], and if he knew, why was he silent," said Supt. Roni Markovitch, head of investigations at the Beit Shemesh police station.
The father has spent the last month in the US, seeking charitable donations for his family.
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One of the older children, a 24-year-old brother, was arrested on Thursday, under suspicion of incest.
When police asked the children why they committed incest among themselves, the children said that "we should be grateful that they did not commit suicide after what they had gone through," the police representative testified in court.
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A father of 12 children who were allegedly abused for years by their mother was arrested after getting off a plane at Ben-Gurion Airport on Wednesday, police said.
His 54-year-old wife is also suspected of failing to report multiple cases of incest among her children. On Tuesday, she was remanded in custody.
Police are now trying to determine if the father knew of - or participated in - the alleged abuse and incest at the family's home in Ramat Beit Shemesh.
"The question we are investigating is, did he know [what was going on], and if he knew, why was he silent," said Supt. Roni Markovitch, head of investigations at the Beit Shemesh police station.
The father has spent the last month in the US, seeking charitable donations for his family.
http://www.google.com/search?q=A+father+of+12+children+who+were+allegedl y+abused+for+years+by+their+mothe&sourceid=navclient-ff&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1B3GGGL_enUS251US251
One of the older children, a 24-year-old brother, was arrested on Thursday, under suspicion of incest.
When police asked the children why they committed incest among themselves, the children said that "we should be grateful that they did not commit suicide after what they had gone through," the police representative testified in court.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1206632351917&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull