Malka Leifer ordered to undergo psychiatric evaluation

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.

Australia wants the 54-year-old extradited, after she fled to Israel after being accused of abuse.

She has avoided court over allegations linked to her time as head of Adass Israel School’s girls’ campus in Melbourne in the 2000s.

Read the full article at The Age.