ISRAEL
Sydney Morning Herald
By Gabrielle Weiniger
17 May 2018
Accused child abuser Malka Leifer will undergo another psychiatric evaluation from behind bars after a Jerusalem District Court judge requested her mental state be reassessed once again.
The court is trying to determine whether Leifer is fit to undergo extradition proceedings.
Leifer did not attend Wednesday’s hearing despite being present at the Jerusalem court, after her lawyer Yehuda Fried claimed she was feeling unwell.
She will return to court on May 31 to hear the outcome of the new assessment from a district psychiatrist, as well as a review of the evidence presented against her.
The 54-year-old is accused of 74 counts of sexual abuse during her time as principal of the ultra-
Orthodox Adass Jewish girls’ school in Melbourne over a decade ago.
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