Accused child sex offender Malka Leifer is set to arrive in Melbourne. - AAP
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Extradited ex-Melbourne school principal Malka Leifer has touched down on Australian soil to face child sexual abuse charges, 13 years after allegedly fleeing to Israel.
A commercial flight from Singapore with Leifer on board landed at Melbourne airport at 8.44pm on Wednesday.
The former educator, head of an ultra-Orthodox Jewish girls school in Elsternwick from 2003 to 2008, was accompanied by Victoria police and taken into 14-day quarantine.
She will be regularly tested for COVID-19 over that time.
Australia s Attorney-General Christian Porter noted her arrival marked the end of a long and complicated extradition process.
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Alleged child sex abuser Malka Leifer is on her way from Israel to Melbourne after a court ruled she should be extradited to face charges.
The former Melbourne school principal has been handed over to Australian authorities and is en route to Australia via Frankfurt on Monday, VoiCSA chief executive Manny Waks confirmed to AAP.
The Jerusalem Post reported that Ms Leifer left earlier in the day, just hours before the closure of Israel s airports due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Pictures published by local media show Ms Leifer about to board a flight surrounded by people wearing personal protective gear including masks and face shields.
Malka Leifer is reportedly on her way back to Australia from Israel. - AAP
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Alleged child sex abuser Malka Leifer is on her way from Israel to Melbourne after a court ruled she should be extradited to face charges.
The former Melbourne school principal has been handed over to Australian authorities and is en route to Australia via Frankfurt on Monday, VoiCSA chief executive Manny Waks confirmed to AAP.
The Jerusalem Post reported that Leifer left earlier in the day, just hours before the closure of Israel s airports due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Pictures published by local media show Leifer about to board a flight surrounded by people wearing personal protective gear including masks and face shields.
10:05 EDT, 15 December 2020
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An accused sex offender will be extradited to Australia to face multiple counts of child rape after the Israeli Supreme Court rejected her last-ditch appeal.
Justice Minister Avi Nissenkorn will need to sign off on Malka Leifer s extradition papers before she is put on a plane home to face a Victorian court for the raft of serious charges.
Leifer is wanted in Australia for 74 charges of child rape and sexual abuse stemming from her time as principal at Melbourne s Orthodox Addas Israel School.
Mr Nissenkorn said he welcomed the Israeli Supreme Court ruling to reject the appeal heard on December 3.