ISRAEL/AUSTRALIA
J-Wire
June 3, 2016 by Henry Benjamin
A psychiatric report has found wanted fugitive Malka Leifer is not mentally fit to face an Israeli court to face proceedings to extradite her to Australia.
Leifer is facing prosecution in Melbourne for 74 alleged sexual abuse offences committed when she was employed as the principal of the Adass Yisroel School. Leifer had been brought to Melbourne from Israel to fill the position. She fled to Israel in 2008 ahead of allegations.
In Jerusalem’s District Court Judge Amnon Cohen directed that Leifer must attend regular clinical psychiatric treatment without hospitalisation.
Leifer has been banned from leaving Israel and must undergo five treatments over the next six months after which a further psychiatric report will be submitted to the court. She will undergo the first treatment next week.
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