Trial of Malka Leifer opens in Melbourne, 12 years after initial charges
Malka Leifer is accused of 74 counts of child sexual abuse and was returned to Australia in January. She fled to Israel to avoid arrest in 2008.
Malka Leifer, a former Australian school principal who is wanted in Australia on suspicion of sexually abusing students, walks in the corridor of the Jerusalem District Court accompanied by Israel Prison Service guards, in Jerusalem(photo credit: REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun)ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF