A man was found guilty on Monday of brutally stabbing and
killing his parents at their Jerusalem home, and was sentenced to two
consecutive life terms.
The Jerusalem District Court convicted Daniel Maoz on all
the charges brought against him, including two counts of murder and destruction
of evidence.
"The defendant stabbed his parents dozens of times with
a knife all over their bodies, over and over, as they tried to resist him until
they died," wrote the judges in the case, Zvi Segal, Moshe Drori and
Ben-Zion Greenberg. "The defendant did not find that sufficient, and made
an attempt to cover his tracks soon after the murder."
The judges compared the events that unfolded to "a
horror film" as they noted that Maoz demonstrated no remorse for his
actions.
"At the very least, the defendant should have felt the
requisite pain, guilt and remorse. Alas, the defendant did not regret his
actions, and tried to slander his twin brother – a claim that was dismissed out
of hand."
Maoz, for his part, continued to maintain innocence.
"I did not murder my parents, may they rest in
peace," he said in court Monday. "My parents deserve the truth to
come out.
"The killer is sitting in the third row," he
continued, referring to his brother, Nir Maoz. "He killed my
parents."
On August 14, 2011, the bodies of Noah and Nurit Maoz, both
in the 60s, were found brutally stabbed in their Ramot neighborhood home. Their
son, Daniel Maoz, was arrested in connection with their deaths in Tel Aviv
nearly a month later, and was charged with murder.
Police said Maoz, a softwared engineer, was entangled in
heavy gambling debts and murdered his parents in a bid to get their
inheritance.
According to the indictment, Maoz stabbed his parents dozens
of times and later returned to their home to get rid of the evidence. The
investigation found that prior to the rampage, Maoz visited websites dealing
with murdering parents and covering tracks.
Maoz's trial was fraught with legal and family drama. At
first Maoz claimed that he knew nothing of the attack, but later went on to say
he was at the apartment during the stabbing, hiding and fighting the assailant.
In another testimony he tried to level accusations at his twin.
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