Jerusalem, 15 November, 2026 (TPS-IL) — Israel’s Supreme Court on Sunday overturned Ron Nahum’s murder conviction for killing Artyom Vilov in 2017, replacing it with manslaughter through indifference. Nahum, who was sentenced to 30 years in prison, is expected to receive a substantially reduced sentence.
The three-judge panel, led by Justice Khaled Kabub and joined by Justices Yael Vilner and Ofer Grosskopf, ruled that prosecutors failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Nahum intended to kill Vilov, although they established that his violent actions caused the death.
Security cameras captured Nahum dragging Vilov’s motionless body toward a building’s garbage room and later cleaning bloodstains. Vilov’s body was discovered at the Hiriya landfill 12 days later.
The court returned the case to the Tel Aviv District Court for resentencing, finding that significant questions remained unanswered about the circumstances and cause of death.
