Vichman’s wife, Michal, said her husband confronted Ohayon and his friends for making too much noise at night, bothering her little girl, who stabbed her with a knife and went to die.
However, Ohayon argued that he killed Vichman in self-defense after taking a blow to the head.
Judges on Ohayon’s sentencing panel said the fact that he was holding a knife showed that he intended to do harm, while Vichman did not confront Ohayon to start a physical fight and even called the police before heading out to face Ohayon and his friends.
“The deceased went in the direction of the accused, but did not go far,” Judge Revital Katz said. “It can be assumed that the knife was already in the defendant’s hand and that it came out before the head was hit. “
At the time, the killing was thought of as one of the fatal fights involving Israeli teenagers.