Malka Leifer faces sentencing after she was found guilty of 18 sexual offences in April this year. Follow live.
in Melbourne. A jury found Leifer not guilty of raping the third sister,Dassi Erlich disclosed Leifer's abuse to a social worker, who raised the alarm with a psychiatrist linked to the school community.A psychologist contacted the school to raise concerns about Leifer's interactions with students.An urgent school board meeting is called and Leifer is confronted about the allegations, which she denies, and told she will be stood down.
— ultimately, Leifer left the country at 1:20am the next day for Israel, where she would remain for more than a decade.the the sisters provide police statements, which then lead to Victoria Police charging Leifer and beginning an extradition process.Separate civil legal action is launched by the sisters, with Dassi Erlich awarded more than $1.2 million in damages in the Supreme Court, which found the school was "directly liable" for Leifer's conduct.
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