Malka Leifer, the former principal of an ultra-Orthodox Jewish school in Melbourne, has been found guilty of abusing 2 sisters/former students Dassi Erlich and Elly Sapper between 2003-07. Accused of 27 offences, the jury found Leifer guilty of 18 charges (note: Leifer was cleared of all charges relating to another sister Nicole Meyer and some concerning Erlich). The fight to bring Leifer to justice became an international saga when she fled Oz in 2008 after the allegations emerged, and it took more than 10 years to force her to return from Israel. Following the decision, Meyer said after their long fight “to get to this moment is absolutely overwhelming.” The sentencing hearing is scheduled for 26 April.