Minister denies Katsav's home confinement request

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Source close to internal security minister says former president convicted of rape 'was number one citizen, but he will be a prisoner like any other'

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4156472,00.html

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"Internal Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch on Saturday rejected former President Moshe Katsav's request to serve his seven-year prison sentence at home.

"I won't allow it," Aharonovitch said in his first response to the request.

Katsav, who was convicted of two counts of rape, sexual harassment, indecent acts and obstruction of justice, is set to begin serving his sentence on Wednesday.

His family has turned to a number of politicians asking that the former president's home in Kiryat Malachi be declared a "temporary prison" and that he be allowed to serve his sentence there. Minister Aharonovitch told Ynet, "I have considered the request, but as far as I am concerned, it will never happen."

[King_David]

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