Trial of Malka Leifer opens in Melbourne, 12 years after initial charges

 https://www.jpost.com/international/trial-of-malka-leifer-opens-in-melbourne-679301

 The trial of Malka Leifer opened in the Melbourne court on Monday morning, with the former principal being accused of 74 counts of child sexual abuse and rape.

Leifer escaped to Israel in 2008 after being accused of child sexual abuse and rape in Australia.

In 2012, Australia requested that she be extradited, and the process began in 2014. Leifer was arrested but claimed she suffered from mental illnesses which would prevent her from facing trial, and the case was dropped until 2018 when she was arrested for faking her mental illness to avoid