Gilad Sharon, son of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, must turn over to the court all documents related to the "Greek Island Affair" and to the financial relationship between the Sharons and family friend Cyril Kern. So ordered the Supreme Court this morning.
The decision upholds a lower court order to turn over all documents requested by investigators, including those documents and recordings not currently in Gilad Sharon's possession. Sharon's attorneys had argued that the order to search out and turn over material not in the possession or under the control of their client was an unreasonable one.
As reported yesterday, the State Prosecutor's Office has recommended to Attorney General Menachem Mazouz that Prime Minister Ariel Sharon be indicted for accepting bribes through his son Gilad from David Appel in exchange for political influence on behalf of Appel's business interests in Greece. Some of the documents sought by the court in the case of Gilad Sharon are related to the unusually high salary paid to Gilad by Appel.
Prime Minister Sharon was recorded by a police wiretap of David Appel's phone saying, "The island is in our hands." The recording was a convincing piece of evidence, according to Haaretz newspaper, for the State Prosecutors to come to the conclusion that Sharon had accepted a bribe from Appel and that Sharon himself may have had financial interests in Appel's business ventures on the Greek island in question. In the same conversation, Appel informed the Prime Minister about the money Gilad was to receive from Appel.
Attorney General Mazouz will deliver his decision whether or not to indict the Prime Minister within one or two months.
The decision upholds a lower court order to turn over all documents requested by investigators, including those documents and recordings not currently in Gilad Sharon's possession. Sharon's attorneys had argued that the order to search out and turn over material not in the possession or under the control of their client was an unreasonable one.
As reported yesterday, the State Prosecutor's Office has recommended to Attorney General Menachem Mazouz that Prime Minister Ariel Sharon be indicted for accepting bribes through his son Gilad from David Appel in exchange for political influence on behalf of Appel's business interests in Greece. Some of the documents sought by the court in the case of Gilad Sharon are related to the unusually high salary paid to Gilad by Appel.
Prime Minister Sharon was recorded by a police wiretap of David Appel's phone saying, "The island is in our hands." The recording was a convincing piece of evidence, according to Haaretz newspaper, for the State Prosecutors to come to the conclusion that Sharon had accepted a bribe from Appel and that Sharon himself may have had financial interests in Appel's business ventures on the Greek island in question. In the same conversation, Appel informed the Prime Minister about the money Gilad was to receive from Appel.
Attorney General Mazouz will deliver his decision whether or not to indict the Prime Minister within one or two months.