Malka Leifer case: Dozens more charges approved by Sa'ar

• Author: JEREMY SHARON
• Published date: 30 September 2021
• Publication title: Jerusalem Post, The: Web Edition Articles (Israel)

Leifer was extradited to Australia earlier this year to face charges on some 70 counts of sexual abuse and rape of minors who were her pupils in the Adas Israel high school in Melbourne where she served as principal from 2000 to 2008.

She fled to Israel in 2008 to evade Australian law enforcement but after tortuous legal proceedings was finally extradited back to Australia in January this year, and was formally indicted by the Melbourne Magistrates Court last week

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According to a statement from Sa'ar's office on Thursday, Australian legal officials sought the minister's approval to add another 20 counts of sexual abuse to Leifer's indictment after the additional incidents came to light during the Melbourne court's proceedings.

Sa'ar's office said the new charges had emerged "in the framework of new information of two of the three complainants who...