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Malka Leifer boards flight to Australia to face justice

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Published: 26 January 2021

Last updated: 4 March 2024

The former Adass principal was secretly removed from her detention cell and put on a plane to Frankfurt on Monday morning; she is expected to arrive in Australia on Wednesday

After countless postponements and just before the sky closes: Malka Leifer has been extradited to Australia (Ynet)
Ater six years of legal proceedings and a series of attempts to deceive difficulties on the move, Malka Leifer was secretly removed from the detention cell and put on a plane to Frankfurt in the morning, and from there will be extradited to Australia. Leifer is expected to stand trial on dozens of student sex offences counts

Malka Leifer extradited to Australia to face charges of sexual abuse (ABC)

Alleged paedophile Malka Leifer boards flight to Australia: reports (Age)

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Photo: Malka Leifer boards a flight at Ben-Gurion airport bound for Melbourne via Germany, shortly before it is closed (Ynet)
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