Jerusalem: Israel’s Supreme Court has overturned a lower court order releasing a former Melbourne school principal accused of sexual abuse from prison to house arrest.
Malka Leifer poses a flight risk and should remain behind bars until extradition proceedings conclude, Justice Anat Baron ruled on Thursday.
The judge found in favour of prosecutors’ appeal against the Jerusalem District Court’s October 2 order.
Leifer faces extradition to Australia on 74 charges of sexually assaulting female students during her time at Melbourne’s ultra-orthodox Adass Israel school.
Victim supporter Manny Waks welcomed Justice Baron’s decision.
Read the article in The Sydney Morning Herald (Reuters).