Child Sex Abuser Faked Mental Illness for Years to Avoid Extradition

Malka Leifer, former principal of an Australian Jewish school, feigned mental illness for seven years to avoid extradition on child sex abuse charges.
Leifer was convicted in April of sexually abusing two students between 2003 and 2007 while she was principal of Melbourne's Adass Israel School
Three panels of psychiatrists concluded that Leifer was feigning mental illness and was fit to stand trial.
Leifer spent 608 days in home detention and 51 days in custody in Israel before her extradition to Australia.
She is convicted of multiple charges, including rape, sexual penetration of a child, indecent assault, and committing an indecent act with a child.