Murder suspect hangs self in jail cell

A man being held for allegedly murdering his wife committed suicide in prison yesterday.

This was the 12th jail suicide in Israel this year.

Hamara Temisgin, 34, from Netanya, used a sheet to hang himself from the ladder of his bunk bed. Guards at Sharon prison found him during a cell inspection yesterday afternoon.

On Tuesday, a Netanya court extended Temisgin's remand by six days, one day after he was arrested for allegedly murdering his 35-year-old wife in their Netanya home.

His wife, Dehainesh Orly Temisgin, was found with her throat slit in their apartment on Ben-Zvi Boulevard.

Temisgin denied the allegations.

Israel Prison Service officials are investigating the circumstances of Temisgin's death, and said the prisoner was not on suicide watch.

Recent high-profile prison suicides include entertainer Dudu Topaz, who hanged himself in his cell after a previous, unsuccessful suicide attempt. Assaf Goldring, suspected of murdering his 3-year-old daughter, killed himself by jumping headfirst off a wall, also after another failed suicide attempt.