Former Israeli PM Ehud Olmert makes plea for innocence as he starts jail sentence

Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert has arrived at the prison where he is to begin serving a 19-month sentence for bribery and obstruction of justice.

Former Israeli PM Ehud Olmert makes plea for innocence as he starts jail sentence

Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert has arrived at the prison where he is to begin serving a 19-month sentence for bribery and obstruction of justice.

Olmert is the first Israeli prime minister to serve time in prison. TV footage showed him walking into the Maasiyahu prison in central Israel.

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