A 70-year-old Holocaust survivor, charged with hurling acid in the face of the chief council of Nazi war criminal John “Ivan the Terrible” Demjanjuk, was found guilty Monday.
On Dec. 1, during the funeral at Sanhedria Cemetery of former district court Judge Dov Eitan — who was also a member of the Demjanjuk defense team — Yisrael Yehezkeli approached defense counsel Yoram Sheftel and spilled a 30 percent concentrated acid in his face.
Sheftel was rushed to the hospital, where doctors treated damage to one eye.
An innocent bystander, Edna Shabtai, was also treated for slight injuries.
During the court sessions, Yehezkeli refused to express regret over the attack. On the contrary, he declared that he was proud he had taken the action.
He did express regret, however, oper the fact that he had also hurt the bystander.
Yehezkeli faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in jail.
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