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Karen Sweeney

Prosecutors urge guilty verdict in Leifer abuse trial

Prosecutor Justin Lewis (right) says Malka Leifer manipulated the young women's emotions while abusing them. Photo: AAP

Using pretend love and concern, former ultra-Orthodox Jewish principal Malka Leifer groomed and sexually abused three young students for her own gratification, jurors have been told.

Leifer, 56, is facing 27 charges over the alleged abuse of Melbourne sisters Nicole Meyer, Dassi Erlich and Elly Sapper when she was principal of the Adass Israel School in the city’s southeast suburbs between 2003 and 2007.

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