The Tel Aviv District Court upheld today the decision of the Prison Service against Yigal Amir. The court ruled that Amir, the convicted assassin of Yitzchak Rabin, may not meet privately with his intended bride Larissa Trimbobler. The court did not state whether the two could marry. Amir is expected to appeal the decision to the Supreme Court. His attorney, Shmuel Kaspar, said today that it "appears from every line of today's ruling" that the judges are merely avenging Rabin's murder. They ruled that the right to meet privately with one's intended is not a basic right, but rather a luxury, and that granting this privilege to Amir would compromise state security.
"I think the judges confused Amir with Vanunu," Kaspar said. "What state secrets do they think he has - who really killed Rabin? Or who stood behind the conspiracy? He's been in prison for eight and a half years, and he doesn't know anything." Amir, who has been sentenced to life in prison without parole, is under constant 24/7 surveillance.
"I think the judges confused Amir with Vanunu," Kaspar said. "What state secrets do they think he has - who really killed Rabin? Or who stood behind the conspiracy? He's been in prison for eight and a half years, and he doesn't know anything." Amir, who has been sentenced to life in prison without parole, is under constant 24/7 surveillance.