AUSTRALIA
The Age
May 5, 2015
Patrick Hatch
Reporter for The Age
A member of a Melbourne school council arranged plane tickets to whisk its principal, wanted on child sex abuse charges, out of the country, a court has heard.
The Supreme Court heard on Tuesday that Mair Ernst arranged tickets for Malka Leifer to fly out of the country in March 2008, just days after she was sacked from Adass Israel Girls’ School, in Elsternwick, over allegations of inappropriate behaviour.
A former student, who is one of Mrs Leifer’s alleged victims, is suing the school for negligence.
Mrs Leifer was arrested in West Bank settlement town of Emanuel in August last year and is facing extradition to Victoria to face child sex abuse charges.
Mrs Leifer – an Israeli citizen who was hand-picked to move to Australia to head the school – is now uder house-arrest in Jerusalem.
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