The former principal of an ultra-Orthodox girls school in Melbourne has been ruled mentally unfit to face extradition...

The former principal of an ultra-Orthodox girls school in Melbourne has been ruled mentally unfit to face extradition and had her home detention lifted in a move that has shocked and deeply concerned Australian officials.

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Judge rules Malka Leifer unfit to face extradition
She is wanted by Victorian police for charges of indecent assault, rape
Leifer's house arrest will be lifted
Victims disappointed by move
A Jerusalem judge has ruled that Malka Leifer is not mentally fit to face extradition proceedings to Australia.

Leifer is wanted by Victorian police on 74 charges of indecent assault and rape allegedly involving girls at the Adass Israel School in Melbourne.


In 2008, after accusations were first raised against her, the former principal fled to Israel with her family in the middle of the night, allegedly with the help of senior members of Melbourne's secretive Adass community.

For two years, she has managed to evade 10 extradition proceedings, claiming that she faces panic attacks whenever scheduled court dates arise and that she is too unwell to attend court.

On Thursday, a long-awaited report from the district psychiatrist agreed she was mentally unwell and Judge Amnon Cohen ruled she would not face an extradition hearing until she had completed psychiatric treatment that could go on for years.

Her house arrest in Israel will be lifted, allowing her to walk free for the first time since she was arrested by Israeli police at the request of Australia in August 2014.


However, the Israeli prosecutor's office has been given 72 hours to appeal the lifting of the house arrest and the ABC understands it will do this.


Leifer's treatment in a clinic in a Jerusalem ultra-Orthodox neighbourhood will begin next week and would initially last for six months, but during that time she is only required to receive five treatments.

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A committee will then assess whether she is fit to stand trial. If she is continually found to be mentally unfit she may evade her extradition trial indefinitely.

The Australian Embassy in Tel Aviv says it is studying the judgement closely and assessing its implications, but the ABC understands Australian officials were shocked and deeply concerned by the decision.

Ambassador Dave Sharma said the Embassy was discussing the next step with the Israeli State Attorney's office.

"We are committed to seeing this woman extradited to Australia to face these very serious child sex abuse charges," he said.

"We are determined to be patient and persevere to this end with the view to seeing her extradited."

At a hearing in February, Israeli prosecutor Avital Ribner Oron challenged Leifer's medical claims, telling the judge she believed the former principal was "faking" her illness in order to get rid of the case.

At the same hearing, Judge Amnon also noted concerns about Leifer's behaviour that were raised by the head of the psychiatric department of a hospital she attended in January.

"There is a sharp difference between her behaviour in the [psychiatric] department, among groups, during telephone conversations with family and in her formal examinations," documents tabled to the court said.

These doubts over her medical claims made today's decision unexpected.
State prosecutor Avital Ribner-Oron was visibly unhappy in court after the decision was announced but said she could not make a comment about the case.


PHOTO: Yehuda Fried is a lawyer for Malka Leifer. (ABC News: Sophie McNeill)
In a statement, the Israeli State Attorney's office told the ABC: "The decision speaks for itself, we have no official response".

In a civil case against the Adass Israel School and Leifer, last September a Melbourne judge awarded one of the alleged victims $1.27 million in damages.

In April, one of Leifer's alleged victims, Rebecca (not her real name), spoke out for the first time, outraged the former principal had been avoiding extradition proceedings.

Today, she said she was shocked and horrified to learn of the latest developments.

"How can it be that she is not fit enough to stand trial bit she only has to go to the psychologist once a month?" Rebecca asked.

"It's mindboggling. I've lost all hope that she will face justice."

Rebecca questioned who had funded Leifer's long legal battle to avoid extradition.

"She's clearly got good lawyers. They are paying anything to make sure she never faces trial. She has powerful connections," she said.


Australian-Israeli victim advocate Manny Waks is the head of a global body to advocate on behalf of victims of child sexual abuse from within the Jewish community.

He said he was outraged by the decision.

"Some of Leifer's alleged victims feel devastated and completely let down by Israel's legal system," he said.

"They are also now fearful of bumping into her on the street."

Mr Waks said that if Leifer was so unwell that she could not even attend court, she needed to be in a psychiatric ward.

"And when she's well enough, she should be brought before the court to face the long-overdue extradition hearing," he said.

"This will ensure both justice for the alleged victims and the safety of Israel's children."

He said it was "disappointing" the Israeli authorities rejected Australia's offer to assess Leifer and look after her psychiatric needs in Australia.

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lol I hate frum women....because they are like other women, except they dress with class and are more submissive.

Sexually immoral "frum" women is my fetish though........ive actually been thinking about this....incestou and pedophilic and other forms of immorality exists in all communities, so it has to be in the frum community as well, under the surface....these things are going on.....and the ones we know about are *just* the ones we happen to know about.....

>For two years, she has managed to evade 10 extradition proceedings, claiming that she faces panic attacks whenever scheduled court dates arise and that she is too unwell to attend court.

Oy vey panic attacks at the thought of facing judgements! Its another Shoah!

She even looks like a lesbian.....if she molests girls in her school, then she probably also molested in her own daughters........ugh I hate myself for getting a kink out of this, I hope I get murdered by an Arab, I deserve it for being a fucking degenerate

Why are you so butthurt, OP? She's obviously not well and needs some stability and medical attention in her life so she can recover properly. Do you have something against women? Or something against Jews? I suspect that you're just a stupid faggot who has forgotten about the fine art of shitposting.

>At the same hearing, Judge Amnon also noted concerns about Leifer's behaviour that were raised by the head of the psychiatric department of a hospital she attended in January. "There is a sharp difference between her behaviour in the [psychiatric] department, among groups, during telephone conversations with family and in her formal examinations," documents tabled to the court said. Rebecca questioned who had funded Leifer's long legal battle to avoid extradition. "She's clearly got good lawyers. They are paying anything to make sure she never faces trial. She has powerful connections," she said.

That little fucking hussy, seducing the principal like some sort of shiksa no then making up these vile stories making the goyim angry

>I hope I get murdered by an Arab
Good goy

>mentally competent enough to run a school
>mentally competent enough to run schoolgirl prostitute ring
>not mentally competent to fly to Straya and sit in a courtroom

That was before though.
NOW she has panic attacks at the thought of facing judgement. Its completely different.

You want to send a child molesting "frummy" to jail?

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All charadi Jews will accept this as red pill, if they don't they are ostricised from the rest of religious Jewry. You care about children, and hate molesting Jewish school officials, don't you Sup Forums?

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>Self hating Jews

um, they are doing the right thing. I'm honestly surprised women are even opposing Leifer.

those young women are sanctifying G-d's name

meanwhile, majority of women see it an act of pure love. fuck them, fucking lesbians REEEEEE

Wut

fuck off you bloomin limey

Straya mate, you cunt

Israel does not extradite and every Jewish criminal knows this.
Look into the Agriprocessors scandal -- it was a slaughterhouse business with around forty people in management, every single one except Sholomon Rubashkin fled to Israel and claimed persecution. Rubashkin's lawyers tried to protest the order that Rubashkin not travel (heavens forfend he be arrested) and the prosecutor's response was that every single one of his colleagues had fled and that made a pretty good case to order him not to travel.

>While the Zionists try to make the rest of the World believe that the national consciousness of the Jew finds its satisfaction in the creation of a Palestinian state, the Jews again slyly dupe the dumb Goyim. It doesn't even enter their heads to build up a Jewish state in Palestine for the purpose of living there; all they want is a central organisation for their international world swindler, endowed with its own sovereign rights and removed from the intervention of other states: A HAVEN FOR CONVICTED SCOUNDRELS and a university for budding crooks.

If Jews were exterminated, there would be a massive decline in pedophilia and human trafficking overnight. They do it, they facilitate it, they spread it.

Just look at all the Jewish catholic priests that would be cleaned up!

There's molestation in every unaccountable power structure; the Arabs do a lot of human trafficking. But nobody else is on the same level as the Jews.

haha ol bloke :^)

I will admit, if this was a male school official, I wouldn't give a fuck. But it involves a woman, so I'm mad jelly.

If something like a a Chassidic mom and son being exposed for having an incestuous relationship, that would all make me Kelly and even more sexually frustrated. I hope G-d does the based thing and bring it about.