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ADDRESSING the jury in the Malka Leifer case at the County Court of Victoria, defence barrister Ian Hill has urged it to find the former Adass Israel School principal not guilty of 27 charges relating to sexual abuse.
Source: https://www.australianjewishnews.com/judge-hears-final-arguments-on-leifer/
He emphasised that the jury had to find that for each of the 27 charges against Leifer, including 10 counts of rape, it had been proven beyond a reasonable doubt.
Source: https://www.australianjewishnews.com/leifer-jury-set-to-begin-deliberating/
He noted Leifer had high moral culpability, offending over an extended period of time and exploiting a significant power imbalance.
He referred to reports by a Jewish prison visitor who said Leifer had shared with her experiences of nightmares and hallucinations, as she grappled with isolation from her family in Israel.
Source: https://www.australianjewishnews.com/defence-prosecution-argue-over-sentencing/
Judge Gamble called the case “striking for just how vulnerable each of the two victims were and for the calculating way” in which Leifer “took callous advantage of those vulnerabilities in order to sexually abuse them for her own sexual gratification”.
Source: https://www.australianjewishnews.com/malka-leifer-sentenced-to-15-years-in-prison/
Leifer, 56, is accused of sexually abusing Melbourne sisters Nicole Meyer, Dassi Erlich and Elly Sapper when she was head of religion and principal of the Adass Israel School in the city’s eastern suburbs between 2003 and 2007.
Leifer, a former principal of a Jewish girls school, was found guilty Monday of sexually abusing two students.
Source: https://triblive.com/news/world/ex-principal-of-jewish-school-found-guilty-of-sexual-abuse/
Leifer fled to Israel in 2008 when accusations arose and fought her extradition through more than 70 hearings.
Leifer was the principal of Melbourne’s ultra-Orthodox Adass Israel School when she abused sisters Dassi Erlich and Elly Sapper between 2004 and 2007.
Mr Lewis told the jury Ms Meyer was sexually abused by Leifer when she was a student and after graduating when she returned as a teacher.
Shelton Police Department (SPD) announced the arrest of Paul Leifer, 59, and Susana Leifer, 51, with permitting minors to possess alcohol.
Shelton Police Department (SPD) announced the arrest of Paul Leifer, 59, and Susana Leifer, 51, with permitting minors to possess alcohol.
The jury in the Malka Leifer trial was ushered back into court twice on Tuesday, telling Judge Mark Gamble they were at present unable to return unanimous verdicts on all charges relating to the former Adass Israel School principal.
Source: https://www.australianjewishnews.com/jury-unable-to-return-unanimous-verdicts-on-all-charges/
They had also argued Leifer had been at a disadvantage in defending herself against the charges, partly because of the time that had elapsed.
Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-64947540?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
"This will help you for your wedding night," Leifer said after one sexual assault, according to Lewis.
Source: https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2023/04/headmistress-guilty-sexual-abuse-australian-school