Crime kingpin Yaniv Zaguri received three life sentences Monday for his involvement in the murders of a gangster-turned-state witness, his ex-wife and another prosecution witness.

Zaguri was convicted last month at the Beersheba District Court of the murder of his former right-hand man, Tal Korkus, as well as Korkus’s ex-wife Devorah Hirsch and another witness for the prosecution, Elisha Sabah. The murders occurred in 2016 and 2017.

Korkus had testified against Zaguri in a 2008 trial that led him to serve seven years behind bars.

Monday’s sentence capped off a trial that went on for more than seven years.

The mob boss was escorted into the courtroom under heavy security, reportedly with police snipers positioned on the roof of the court building. Hebrew media reported that police assigned a significant security detail to the judge in the case, Natan Zlochover, following threats on his life.

During the sentencing, Zlochover described the case as a “very bad........

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