The State Attorney’s Office on Thursday filed an indictment with the Tel Aviv District Court against Adam Yassin, a sex offender under supervision, accusing him of following a woman to her Tel Aviv apartment and raping her there.
According to the prosecution’s statement, Yassin entered her home again about two weeks later intending to rape her, committed an indecent act against her, and was driven out of the apartment by the woman.
The indictment charges him with entering a residence with intent to commit a felony, multiple counts of indecent acts, rape by exploiting a condition that prevented resistance, theft, and violating a supervision order.
Prosecutors allege that Yassin followed the woman as she walked along the street and entered her apartment intending to rape her. Once inside, he allegedly committed indecent acts against her and raped her while she was in a condition that prevented her from resisting.
Sex offender allegedly violated supervision order
The prosecution also alleges that Yassin violated supervision orders imposed under the law protecting the public from sex offenses by being in the woman’s apartment while she was unable to resist. It further alleges that he possessed pornography on his cellphone, as well as videos he had filmed of women in public while focusing on their buttocks.
Attorney Sigal Orbach-Solomon, who represents the woman through the Justice Ministry’s Legal Aid department, said the alleged attacks occurred while Yassin, a convicted sex offender, was under a Prison Service supervision order.
“The defendant followed her and attacked her in her home, the place where she should feel completely safe,” she said. “This should not have happened, and we will demand answers and explanations from those who were supposed to prevent this serious act and provide protection for her and other women.”
Orbach-Solomon said her client wanted to encourage others who had experienced sexual violence not to be afraid to report it to the police and called for the defendant to be held fully accountable.