Assad, Muhammad Shibli in court
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Prosecution wants harsher sentence for Tal Zino's killer
Appeal to Supreme Court says sentence handed to man who ran over girl with ATV unbefitting his crime
The State Prosecutor's Office on Sunday filed an appeal with the Supreme Court demanding a harsher sentence for Assad Shibli, who ran over 9-year old Tal Zino with an ATV on Yom Kippur of 2007.
The prosecution claims the 9-year sentence handed to Shibli does not suit "the severity, circumstances, or results of his actions, nor does it express the public's contempt for them".
The appeal says the court, which called the incident "a serious and despicable criminal act", should not have treated it as a traffic accident during sentencing.
Shibli was convicted of manslaughter, intentionally endangering lives, assault, abandoning the victim, and a series of traffic violations. He was driving recklessly and without a license on a populated street when he hit Tal Zino.
Attorney Efrat Brazilai, who authored the appeal, said Shibli had used his ATV as a weapon against passersby in Kfar Tavor, where he hit the 9-year old girl.
She said he had displayed "total disregard for their safety and wellbeing", and that these circumstances "justify a severe prison sentence, much more so than the one handed to Shibli".
She said the district court had erred in disregarding the killer's "arrogant, conceited, and haughty" attitude throughout his interrogation and trial. "This does not seem like the behavior of a man who is sorry for the consequences of his actions or the damage he has caused," Brazilai said.
