Leifer returns to Australia to face charges
Published in The Australian Jewish News
January 27, 2021
Malka Leifer arrived in Australia on Wednesday night after being extradited from Israel.
In the culmination of 74 court hearings and an arduous seven-year legal battle, the former principal of the Adass Israel School returned to Melbourne just before 9pm to answer 74 charges of sexual abuse, 13 years after she fled.
She will appear before the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court via video link on Thursday for her first filing hearing.