ALLEGED paedophile Malka Leifer, the former Melbourne school principal accused of child sex crimes, has been denied bail by an Israeli Court.
The Times of Israel reported Leifer, 54, who is wanted on 74 charges of sexual abuse in Australia, will remain jailed until it’s decided whether she will be extradited.
Victorian police are seeking the extradition of Leifer, who was the headmistress at Adass Israel Girls School in Elsternwick from 2000-2008.
Judge Avigdor Dorot wrote that he was not convinced by Leifer’s legal team that evidence gathered against her had not been partial and prejudiced, according to The Times of Israel.
Dorot upheld the conclusion of the court’s psychologist, who found she was fit to stand trial.
Leifer was arrested in February this year after it was revealed she had faked psychosis in order to dodge a court appearance, and thus, extradition to Australia.
When abuse allegations began to surface in 2008, two board members at Leifer’s former school decided to buy her and her family one-way tickets to Tel Aviv, the ABC reported.
Read the report in The Gympie Times.