Israeli man sentenced to seven years for firearms possession

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An Israeli man has been sentenced to seven years in prison by the Sessions Court here after pleading guilty to two counts of firearms possession.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/2xp28zbx  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Israeli hitman Avitan Shalom has been sentenced to seven years in jail after he pleaded guilty

00:08to two counts of firearms possession.

00:11The 39-year-old admitted to the main charge and an alternative charge during the session's

00:16court proceedings held at the Kajang prison complex on Wednesday.

00:21The court said after considering the guilty plea and severity of the offense, it handed

00:26down the maximum sentence against the accused.

00:29The court ordered the prison time to run concurrently from the date of arrest on March

00:3328 last year.

00:35The court heard that the accused was a company owner supplying medical products and owner

00:39of real estate and cryptocurrency businesses in New York.

00:43He was married with a wife and three children aged 9, 10 and 16, all living in Israel.

00:49He was charged with the offenses in April last year, with the first charge having various

00:53bullets in his possession without a permit.

00:56For the second alternative charge, Shalom possessed six firearms including Glock 19

01:01Luger and Sig Sauer pistol.

01:03The offenses were committed at a hotel room in Kuala Lumpur.

01:07The accused will serve his sentence at the Kajang prison.

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