Jerusalem man charged with murder escapes from mental hospital
Eliyahu Fahima, 46, was charged with murdering a yeshiva student in 2002 but found unfit to stand trial.
By Fadi EyadatA man charged with murder and committed to a psychiatric hospital escaped from his doctors on Thursday while being escorted to a discussion of his case at a Haifa court.
46-year-old Jerusalem resident Eliyahu Fahima was charged with the murder of a yeshiva student in 2002, but was later found unfit to stand trial. He has been hospitalized under court order and the "Sha'ar Menashe" psychiatric facility near Hadera.
A medical team escorted Fahima to a courthouse in Haifa Thursday morning, where a judge was to rule on whether Fahima would be granted leave from the hospital in order to pay off a debt from his past.
After the discussion, Fahima managed to escape from his doctors.
Police forces launched large-scale searches for the escaped prisoner in Haifa, Hadera and Jerusalem. The police reported that the man was being treated with psychiatric drugs and could be violent and dangerous.
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Only in 'Meretzville' do people escape from custody. It never happens anywhere else. I wonder why he was imprisoned in the first place? Those evil Meretz lawyers surely should have set him free for his good deeds?
Soon after the police promotes an "officer" that called for assaults on religious Jews, they let loose the murderer of a Yeshiva student - right in the middle of leftist country. Coincidence? You make the call.