BBC News.Israel ex-PM Olmert found guilty in corruption retrial

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Israel ex-PM Olmert found guilty in corruption retrial

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Ehud Olmert in a Tel Aviv court — Olmert has faced a succession of corruption trials

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has been found guilty of fraud and breach of trust after a retrial.

He had been acquitted in 2012 of taking envelopes stuffed with money from a US-based supporter.

However, a retrial was ordered after the emergence of recordings in which he referred to receiving the money.

Olmert, who served as Israeli PM from 2006 to 2009, is currently appealing a conviction for bribery in 2014 for which he was sentenced to six years.

His lawyers say they are considering appealing the latest conviction.

IPS Begins Preparations for Olmert Prison Sentence

Israeli Prison Service debating possible locations, whether Olmert can have a cellmate.

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By Ido Ben-Porat

First Publish: 3/30/2015, 10:58 PM

Ehud Olmert

Emil Salman/POOL/Flash 90

The Israeli Prison Service is preparing for former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to sit his jail term, after he was convicted for the third time for fraud on Monday.

Prison Services Commissioner Aharon Franco has decided to hold a hearing after Passover (Pesach), according to Channel 2, during which a special team will be established to make the necessary preparations for Olmert's arrival.

The team will examine where best to hold Olmert, and are debating between prisons in Ramle and HaSharon.

According to the report, IPS will meet with officials in the Israel Security Agency(ISA or Shin Bet), and the latter will take extraordinary steps to secure Olmert during his sentence.

It will also be decided if Olmert will have a cellmate.

"The possibility of Olmert entering jail has never been more realistic than it is now," a senior IPS official stated, reflecting on the number of arrangements to make the sentence possible.

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