Nicole Meyer With Mixed Feelings About Malka Leifer's Verdict

Nicole Meyer, Elly Sapper and Dassi Erlich leave the Victorian County Court in Melbourne, Thursday, August 24, 2023. Ultra-Orthodox Jewish principal Malka Leifer has been jailed 15 years for sexually abusing two Melbourne sisters when they were students between 2004 and 2007. Source: AAP / JOEL CARRETT/AAPIMAGE

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.

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Published 2 September 2023 12:25pm

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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.

"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 hadass Israel School principal, Malka Leifer. Shane Desiatnik reports.