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Malka Leifer returns to Victoria to face child sexual abuse charges after years-long extradition process Posted WedWednesday 27 updated WedWednesday 27 Victoria Police first submitted an extradition request for Malka Leifer in 2014. ( Share Print text only Cancel Former Melbourne principal Malka Leifer has returned to Victoria to face charges of child sexual abuse, nearly 13 years after leaving the country and six years after an extradition request was first lodged. Key points: Ms Leifer faces 74 charges of child sexual abuse She was escorted back to Victoria by police after an extradition o...

23 shares In this February 27, 2018, photo, Malka Leifer, center, is brought to a courtroom in Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean) Malka Leifer, an Israeli former principal at a Jewish ultra-Orthodox school in Melbourne, returned to Australia under extradition Wednesday to face dozens of child sexual assault charges, more than 12 years after she fled the country. Leifer, 54, is accused of 74 counts of sexually assaulting children while working as a religious studies teacher and principal at the Adass Israel School in Melbourne. After six years of legal wrangling in Israel, including ov...

Extradited teacher appears in Australia court on sex charges January 28, 2021 GMT FILE - This Feb. 27, 2018, file photo, Israeli-born Australian Malka Leifer, right, is brought to a courtroom in Jerusalem. The former teacher extradited from Israel after a six-year legal battle appeared in an Australian court Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021, to face child sex abuse charges.(AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean, File) FILE - This Feb. 27, 2018, file photo, Israeli-born Australian Malka Leifer, right, is brought to a courtroom in Jerusalem. The former teacher extradited from Israel after a six-year legal battle appe...

Former headteacher at ultra-Orthodox Jewish school in Melbourne deported to Australia after six-year legal battle

Alleged paedophile Malka Leifer boards flight to Australia January 25, 2021 — 6.03pm Normal text size Advertisement Accused paedophile Malka Leifer has boarded a plane for Australia just hours before Israeli airports were set to close due to coronavirus restrictions. Ms Leifer lost an appeal challenging her extradition to Australia at the Supreme Court of Israel in December, which cleared the way for her to stand trial after a six-year legal saga. Malka Leifer (right) appears in a Jerusalem court in February 2018. Credit:AP The Supreme Court justices said that the ruling finalises “the de...