His original sentence of six years was reduced to 18 months after a bribe-taking conviction by the Tel Aviv District Court accepted that there was not enough evidence to show that he had solicited a second bribe 'beyond reasonable doubt'.
The verdict of the five Supreme Court judges on the appeals of Mr Olmert and seven other defendants brought to an end the long saga of the 'Holyland case' in which past senior officials in the Jerusalem City Hall and Israeli businessmen were accused of multiple counts of corruption when issuing building permits for the Holyland building complex in North-West Jerusalem. Only one of the other seven accused businessmen Avigdor kellner, had all his convictions overtuned.
His sentence begins in February 2015.
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