Malka Leifer should be denied a significant sentencing discount for her time in prison and under house arrest in Israel because she was feigning mental illness to frustrate her prosecution, a court has heard.
The AgeLewis on Thursday said Leifer, 56, was able to delay her extradition from Israel for years by firstly feigning mental illness, sometimes in near catatonic states, which she claimed prevented her from being sent to Australia. She then appealed against decisions made by several Israeli legal and medical panels, which found her condition was faked.“The accused has somehow strung out the proceedings for whatever purpose in order ...
But the prosecution argues that if Gamble determines that Leifer improperly frustrated and delayed the extradition proceedings, then not all of those 51 days should be declared as pre-sentence detention and less weight should be given to the 20 months she spent under house arrest.Justin McManus “Indeed, the appellant’s hospitalisations are almost always done several days before the hearing of her case.”
Lewis argued Leifer’s offending involved a pattern of behaviour which included initial grooming and subsequently led to “more serious penetrative acts”.
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