Overview
- Judges found that Elazar Rompler stripped the child, placed him on a table, and beat his back and legs in front of classmates.
- He was convicted of aggravated assault causing serious injury and of breaching a stay-of-exit order by fleeing Israel.
- After leaving the country, Rompler was arrested in Guatemala and returned to Israel through an extradition process handled by the State Prosecution’s International Department.
- The sentence includes 24 months in prison minus time served, suspended terms, a 10,000-shekel fine, and 12,000 shekels in compensation to the victim.
- Prosecutors and judges described the assault as exceptionally severe and an abuse of authority within a closed community, as authorities continue probes into Lev Tahor that have included rescuing minors in Guatemala.