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The Sentencing of the ultra-Orthodox School Principal Marks the End of a Prolonged Legal Battle That Tested Israeli-Australian Relations

Leifer's sentencing ends a 15-year push for the mother-of-eight to face justice.

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Former Australian Jewish school principal to serve at least 11 years; judge says she showed no remorse for crimes that scarred sisters Dassi Erlich and Elly Sapper for life

Malka Leifer, a former Australian school principal who sexually abused two students, has received 15 years behind bars. Leifer may also be deported to her native Israel in the future.

MELBOURNE, Australia: A former headmistress who sexually abused two sisters at an Australian Jewish school and spent years fighting extradition from Israel was sentenced to 15 years in jail on Thursday.

Leifer has been found guilty of 18 of 27 charges, including rape and sexual assault.

Nearly two decades after the nightmare of their abuse by their revered ultra-Orthodox Jewish principal and ...

A court has been told of how a disgraced paedophile principal of an ultra-Orthodox Jewish school got away with sexually abusing students.

The former ultra-Orthodox Jewish principal was this year convicted of raping and indecently assaulting Melb...