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Ben Zygier's family never knew Israeli charges

by: PAUL MALEY and JOHN LYONS
From: The Australian
February 15, 2013 12:00AM

THE family of Australian man Ben Zygier, the Mossad officer who hanged himself after being detained by Israeli authorities on national security grounds, were never told the nature of the accusations against him.

Zygier's Israeli lawyer, Avigdor Feldman, said the 34-year-old maintained his innocence, but was considering a plea bargain in the lead-up to his death. Mr Feldman, one of the last people to see Zygier alive, would not detail the specific charge but said last night it was "not on the high level of gravity".

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