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After a legal battle spanning over 12 years from Melbourne to Israel, former school principal Malka Leifer has been sentenced to 15 years in jail for sexual abuse.

The mother-of-eight, however, wasnt found guilty of abusing a third sister

After an almost decade-long fight to bring paedophile principal Malka Leifer to justice, three sisters have welcomed the 15-year jail sentence imposed.

Sydney, Australia, Aug 24 (EFE).- A court in Australia on Thursday sentenced the former ultra-Orthodox principal of a Jewish school to 15 years in prison for sexually abusing two students between 2004 and 2007. Judge Mark Gamble said in his sentence that Malka Leifer had shown “no remorse or contrition” about sexually abusing Dassi Erlich …

Leifer was found guilty of 18 out of 27 charges in April, including rape and sexual assault of two students.

Malka Leifer, extradited from Israel after a lengthy process, was found guilty in April of sexually abusing two students decades earlier.

The sentence brings to a close the decades-long fight by sisters Dassi Erlich and Elly Sapper for justice after their abuse at the hands of the respected mentor and mother-of-eight.

Leifer must serve at least 11 and a half years before she is eligible for parole

The ultra-Orthodox Jewish principal was found guilty of abusing two sisters.

Malka Leifer was convicted of abusing two pupils at an ultra-Orthodox Jewish school in Melbourne.