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Benny Sela soon after being caught
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Police officer humiliating Sela
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Rape victim recounts ordeal when Sela was free

A., who was raped by escaped serial rapist, says she had no life during two weeks in which he was on the loose. In spite of humiliating pictures from investigation room, he is not the victim, she says

A. is one of the victims of escaped serial rapist Benny Sela who was caught on Friday after having escaped police custody two weelks earlier on a mistaken visit to court.

 

"These two weeks, when he was free, took me back to the day when he broke into my life violently and crushed me without blinking. Many years have passed since and I am making every effort to move on and live," A told Channel 2 in an interview.

 

"During these two weeks I had no life," she added.

 

A., who is unable to forget the damage inflicted upon her by Sela, follows criticism leveled at the police over pictures published exclusively by Ynet showing police officers humiliating the serial rapist and calls on people to remember who is the real victim.

 

"Attention given to the police shame over the pictures is nowhere near the real transgression, which seems to be forgotten. They allowed him to escape easily, and stole two weeks of my life through their negligence," she said.

 

No mercy

She charged that Sela's victims couldn't sleep, go out, or be alone during the two weeks he was on the loose.

 

She added that although police officers misbehaved when the humiliated Sela, the public and the media should not give the incident too much attention, which seems to have eclipsed the initial blunder that led to his escape.

 

"I am sitting at home and going out of my mind asking how this crazy and cruel man suddenly became worthy of compassion and pity," she added.

 

She refuses to accept claims by Sela that he had not committed sexual offenses while on the loose, saying his sick urge is stronger than him.

 

"He didn't have mercy on me for a moment. He injured me for ever, my body and soul. He saw my suffering but didn't stop. It only encouraged him to continue and inflict pain … he didn't have mercy on any of us," she said referring to the 14 women Sela was charged with raping.

 


פרסום ראשון: 12.13.06, 00:43
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