Inbal Amram killer sentenced to life and an additional 15 years in jail

Mohammed Jahidi, 21, was sentenced to life in prison and an additional 15 years for the murder of Petah Tikva resident Inbal Amram in early March.

Jaidi was convicted of kidnapping, burning the victim's body and illegal residence in Israel in addition to the murder.

With this sentence the Tel Aviv District Court rejected a plea bargain previously agreed upon by the prosecution and the defense, under which the defendant would receive only a life sentence and not be charged with anything other than the murder.

"We believe that in a case as extreme as this, which portrays so tangibly the animal nature of a man, we have to examine the plea bargain from all directions, much more carefully than in any other case," wrote the district court judges, accusing Jahidi of "cruelty, composure, and the absence of compassion."

Eight months ago Jahidi infiltrated into Israel from the West Bank city of Qalqilyah armed with a knife, with the intention of stealing a vehicle.

Amram apparently surprised him during the theft. Jaidi abducted her and then stabbed her to death when she tried to escape. He later burned the car with her body inside, to conceal any incriminating evidence, and fled to Qalqilyah.

Border police arrested Jaidi at his home about a month after the murder.

The state prosecution said Jahidi's fingerprints were found in the car, and he confessed to the murder and even reconstructed it.

Jahidi expressed his remorse after being arrested and said he did not want to kill the girl.

The Tel Aviv District Court judges in this case did not believe Jahidi's remorse to be genuine, describing it as "the declaration of a cold blooded killer claiming remorse and sorrow over slicing the girl's throat in order to prevent her escape, and then torching the vehicle with her in it in order to avoid punishment."