Jerusalem: An Israeli court has ordered a former Melbourne school principal accused of child sex abuse be placed under psychiatric evaluation until further notice.
The Jerusalem District Court ruled on Wednesday that Malka Leifer remain in custody while the district psychiatrist determines whether she is fit to stand trial.
ustralia wants the 54-year-old extradited, after she fled to Israel amid accusations of abuse.
“Now it’s a matter of wait and see”, Yehuda Fried, Leifer’s lawyer, told Fairfax Media from Jerusalem.
Read the article by Farid Farid in The Age (with AAP).