Sixty days and counting

Published in The Australian Jewish News

July 23, 2020

It took 68 court hearings and six years to reach the extradition hearing for Malka Leifer held on Monday night Australian time – “a pivotal milestone and a big moment”, said her alleged victims Dassi Erlich, Nicole Meyer and Elly Sapper.

Now, the three sisters must wait 60 days until September 21 for a decision on whether the former principal of the Adass Israel School will return to Australia to face 74 charges of child sexual abuse.

The night before, Erlich did not get a wink of sleep, she told The AJN.

“We had two court hearings in 48 hours. You just get so full of adrenaline.”

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