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20 Jun 00

Sentences handed down in Israel footbridge case

Five men found guilty of gross negligence and manslaughter over the collapse of a footbridge which killed four and injured 70 have been sentenced to up to 21 months in prison. The accident happened at the 15th Maccabiah games in Israel in July 1997; a footbridge collapsed as Australian athletes were crossing it to go to the opening ceremony. Engineer Micha Bar-Ilan, who certified the bridge design got 21 months in prison, Adam Mishori of main contractor Irgunit got nine months and subcontractors Yehoshua Ben Ezra and Baruch Karagola each got 15 months. Yoram Eyal who was chairman of the games' organising committee was sentenced to six months community service and a one-year suspended sentence.

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