DUBAI: An Israeli setter has been acquitted of assault charges after attacking a French nun near Jerusalem’s Old City in April, according to various media reports.
Yona Schreiber, from the Israeli-occupied West Bank settlement of Peduel, was absolved by a Jerusalem court on Wednesday of criminal responsibility after undergoing a psychiatric assessment.
In his ruling to acquit Schreiber, Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court Judge Ofir Tishler accepted a psychiatrist’s testimony that the Israeli settler was in a psychotic state when he carried out the attack and had been unaware of his actions.
The court ordered Schreiber to undergo treatment at a psychiatric hospital.
Security footage captured Schreiber running up to the French nun from behind and then shoving her to the ground, and then repeatedly kicking her.
