Malka Leifer found guilty of sexual abuse of former students
- Written by Amy Maguire, Associate Professor in Human Rights and International Law, University of Newcastle
Malka Leifer, former principal of the Orthodox Jewish Adass Israel school in Melbourne, has been found guilty of sexually abusing two former students.
A jury in the County Court of Victoria found Leifer guilty of 18 rape and sexual assault charges relating to sisters Elly Sapper and Dassi Erlich. The jury cleared Leifer of nine charges, including...
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