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Investigators take over 200 hours of surveillance footage of Malka Leifer

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Published: 22 February 2018

Last updated: 4 March 2024

LAST CHANUKAH, IN DECEMBER, a team of undercover private investigators in Israel watched as a former Melbourne school principal accused of child sex abuse hosted her children and grandchildren in her apartment.

Unbeknown to Malka Leifer, the 54-year-old Australian wanted on 74 counts of suspected sexual abuse during her tenure as principal of Adass Israel School in Elsternwick, the investigators were studying her everyday life only 20 metres away - gathering surveillance footage.

FULL STORY The undercover investigators hired to watch alleged child abuser Malka Leifer (Fairfax)

Photo: Private investigators’ pictures of Malka Leifer show her leading a normal life in Israel despite her claims that she suffers a debilitating mental illness (Tsafrir Tsachi)

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