Serial Sex Offender Accused of Raping Woman in Tel Aviv

An already convicted sex offender, who was supposed to be under supervision by the Prison Service, is accused of stalking a young woman in her 20s in Tel Aviv, entering her apartment, and raping her. Approximately two weeks later, according to the indictment, he returned to the same apartment intending to rape her again, committing an indecent act, but this time the woman managed to drive him away. An indictment was filed Thursday at the Tel Aviv District Court against Adam Yassin, a resident of East Jerusalem, for a series of sex offenses and other crimes. The indictment, filed by attorney Sapir Sharon of the Tel Aviv District Prosecutor's Office, charges Yassin with entering a dwelling with intent to commit a crime, multiple indecent acts, rape while exploiting a state of helplessness, theft, and violating a supervision order. The indictment states Yassin noticed the woman walking on the street and began following her. He then entered her apartment with the intent to rape her, exploiting her state of helplessness. The indictment further details that Yassin possessed pornography on his mobile phone, as well as videos of women he filmed in public, focusing on their buttocks. The case raises serious questions about the effectiveness of supervision for convicted sex offenders, particularly how an individual under supervision allegedly managed to enter the same woman's apartment twice and commit sexual offenses. The victim's attorney, Sigal Orbach-Solomon, representing the victim through the Legal Aid at the Ministry of Justice, stated, "The victim fell prey to the vile acts of a convicted sex offender on two separate occasions while he was under the supervision of the Prison Service. The accused stalked and attacked her in her home, the place where she should feel completely safe. This incident should not have happened, and we will demand answers and clarifications from those who were supposed to prevent this serious act and provide protection for her and other women." The victim, through her attorney, also urged other victims not to fear reporting sexual assaults to the police and called for the law enforcement system to prosecute the defendant to the fullest extent.