EXTRADITION proceedings against a fugitive school principal accused of molesting and raping students at an ultra-orthodox Jewish school have been dropped.
In a major blow to Victorian authorities an Israeli court ruled overnight that it would suspend extradition hearings against Malka Leifer because she is unfit to stand trial.
It means the former principal of Elsternwick’s Adass Israel Girls School may never face justice.
Authorities have been fighting for her return to Victoria since 2014, but Ms Leifer has told family and friends she would never return to Australia.
She fled under the cover of night just days after one of her alleged victims spoke out about her abuse for the first time in 2008.
Some school officials helped organise Ms Leifer’s escape.
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