Lag B'omer - CH is burning in hell

Letter from the beis din that they are not coming back as CH is not cooperating

Latest update !!

The beis din has sent a letter of siruv to 3 parties.

1. To the halpern family who are keeping it under wraps, maybe its wrapped up in a towel.

2. To eisner who initiated the beis din on behalf of keddassia. Its possibly wrapped up in dayan padwas cover ups.

3. To reb d Kohn, Reb P Roberts is keeping it back!

The letter was sent before pessach!!
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Reb Dovid Khon has a letter from the beis din which says that they are not coming back as the goalposts have been moved.

Originally CH agreed that victims would not have to face him in front of the besis din, now as the police are not involved he is changing the original agreements and insisting on facing all the victims face to face. Obviously violated frum women or girls will not face CH!

Gateshead man on trial over ‘sex abuse’ of teen

http://www.thejc.com

Update

A member of Gateshead's Orthodox Jewish community has been cleared of sexually abusing a teenage boy.

Jeremy Bernstein, 37, had been on trial at Newcastle Crown Court.

He was accused of touching the boy inappropriately and forcing him to carry out sex acts between December 1998 and December 2003.

Mr Bernstein, of Whitehall Road, had denied eight charges, including two counts of indecent assault with a male person, indecent assault with a male person of 13 years and indecent assault with a male person of 14 years.

A jury found him not guilty on all charges.

Following the verdict Jonathan Goldberg QC, who defended Mr Bernstein, said: "It was wholly understandable that the jury should bring in these unanimous verdicts of not guilty.

"The complainant was wholly uncorroborated and a number of inconsistencies were exposed in his evidence under cross-examination."

Mr Bernstein had previously won an award for his contribution to life in the local Orthodox community.

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A member of the Gateshead Orthodox community went on trial this week accused of a string of historic sex offences against a teenage boy.

Jeremy Bernstein, 37, was accused of touching the boy inappropriately and forcing him to carry out sex acts between December 1998 and December 2003.

Mr Bernstein, from Whitehall Road, Gateshead, pleaded not guilty at Newcastle Crown Court, to indecent assault with a male person of 13 years, indecency with a child aged 13 years, indecent assault with a male person of 14 years, indecent assault with a male person aged 15 years and indecency with a child aged 15 years.

He also denied two counts of indecent assault with a male person.

Anne Richardson, prosecuting, said: “The abuse started by touching the victim’s chest under his jumper while in a synagogue. This was Jeremy Bernstein trying out the victim… Nowadays we would call this grooming.

“The victim buried it deep within him and did not want to admit it to anyone, not even himself. Jeremy Bernstein is a man who knew or believed that even if the victim did speak out, he would be disbelieved.”

The court heard that the victim did not tell the police until two years after informing his wife about the alleged abuse in 2011.

Giving evidence, Mr Bernstein’s wife Melissa told the court how her husband was a “loving, caring person”.

Jonathan Goldberg QC, defending, claimed the victim invented the allegation in order to get sympathy from his wife and keep their marriage together.

He called the alleged victim “a jealous and bitter young man who has tried to ruin the life of a better man than himself. If he (Bernstein) is going to try a grope, he wouldn’t do it in a busy synagogue. Jeremy Bernstein is a deeply religious man.”

Judge John Milford told the jury: “The defence claim the victim was jealous of the success that has been enjoyed by the defendant. ”

He noted that Mr Bernstein had won an award for his contribution to life in the local Orthodox community.

The trial continued as the JC went to press.

Suspect confesses role in murder of Menachem Stark

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Cops arrested a Crown Heights man on murder charges Wednesday night in the January death of  Menachem Stark, police said.

Kendel Felix, 26, told investigators that he and an unidentified accomplice had only wanted to scare the businessman when they accidently killed him during a Jan. 2 abduction outside his Williamsburg office.

“He owes me money!” the accomplice said moments before the kidnapping, according to ­Felix’s alleged confession.

Felix was charged with second-degree murder Wednesday night and was being held at the 77th Precinct station house on Utica Avenue.evening and was expected to be charged with murder.

Two other men were also taken into custody Wednesday but

They made no statements to police and asked for lawyers, who could not be reached for comment.

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Police released footage of suspects wanted for questioning in the abduction.Photo: NYPD

Police were still searching for his alleged accomplice and two others.

Using a borrowed Dodge Caravan, Felix and his cohort drove up to Stark on Rutledge Street amid a snowstorm and forced him inside kicking and screaming, sources said.

Felix said he drove off while the accomplice sat on Stark’s chest trying to get him under control.

But Stark stopped breathing, and the hapless kidnappers panicked when they realized he was dead, Felix allegedly said.

They picked up the accomplice’s brother and another man for help, according to the sources — but the fourth man jumped out as soon as he realized there was a body inside.

Then the accomplice— who Felix said had planted a cellphone with a tracking device on Stark’s Lexus SUV, and even changed the battery once — left, leaving Felix and the other man to deal with the body. They drove to a gas station in Great Neck, LI, where one or both men filled a large soda bottle with gasoline and poured it on Stark’s body before setting it ablaze in a Dumpster there.

Cops later recovered the minivan, which had traces of Stark’s blood inside.

Detectives seized computers and cellphones from the suspect, and took a pair of work boots from an apartment in a bid to match them to distinctive shoes seen on surveillance video.

Cops believe the kidnapping was an attempt to get money from Stark, who allegedly stiffed one of the men on a bill for some construction work.

Sources had said the debt was around $20,000, but that could not be confirmed on Wednesday.

Two other men were brought in by cops Wednesday along with Felix, but one was let go and the other was charged in an unrelated matter.

Cops went to Stark’s Rutledge Street home on Wednesday to tell his wife, Bashie, about the suspects. The family refused to speak with reporters.

NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton said cops hope to have the case wrapped up quickly.

Rabbi David Niederman, who heads the United Jewish Organizations of Williamsburg, said the community was relieved.

“We are extremely happy and hope that those who committed this crime will be charged and formally arrested,” he said.

Brooklyn City Councilman David Greenfield also praised the NYPD.

“The callous murder of Menachem Stark shocked not just the Jewish community, but all people of good conscience. Certainly, his family can have no peace until every person responsible for this depraved crime is brought to justice,” Greenfield said.

“We will now have to work hard to make sure that these murderers never see the light of day again.”

Tenants have called Stark a slumlord, and his properties have racked up 233 numerous violationsand 148 violations, according to the city Department of Buildings, and nearly 200 Environmental Control Board violationsrecords.

“He said, ‘I’m in danger,’ ” according to a community source. “But he never explained what he meant.”

He was also deeply in debt, falling $60 million behind in mortgage payments and with a partner filing for bankruptcy six times.