Illustrative: A psychiatric hospital (Noam Moskowitz/Flash90)
Police charged a psychiatric patient for allegedly threatening the life of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, based on comments he muttered to himself and to cats at the institution where he is hospitalized, a report said Tuesday.
At a remand hearing on the case, a Tel Aviv judge said he did not believe the threat was serious or credible since the patient has previously been deemed mentally unfit for trial. The judge criticized police for pushing the indictment, the Haaretz daily reported, and refused to remand the suspect into custody.
The patient has denied saying he would hurt the prime minister.