EXCLUSIVE: Leifer sentencing ‘good – but not good enough’
Published in The Australian Jewish News
August 31, 2023
EXCLUSIVE: “HOW do I move on in life without Malka Leifer being such a central role in it – especially after getting ‘not guilty’?”
It’s the question Nicole Meyer continues to wrestle with, while she spoke candidly with The AJN from a Melbourne hotel room, four days after the sentencing of disgraced former Adass Israel School principal, Malka Leifer.
Over the past 22 years – more than half of Meyer’s life – Leifer had been a constant; “as my teacher or principal, then, as my boss and colleague”.
“And throughout it all, she was my abuser, attempting to escape justice.”
Last Thursday, County Court Judge Mark Gamble sentenced Leifer to 15 years imprisonment for 18 sexual offences – including six counts of rape – with a non-parole period of 11.5 years. The sentence takes into account time already spent in custody, meaning she could be released in 2029.