Jock Palfreeman says he acted in self-defence when he took a life. Bulgarian courts say otherwise. Now Palfreeman alleges he was assaulted by prison guards -- so why isn't the media interested? Freelance writer Andy Fleming investigates.
Jock Palfreeman (pictured), a 26-year-old Australian serving a 20-year sentence for murder in Sofia Central Prison, Bulgaria, is not a household name in Australia. He should be. Now about to enter the seventh year of his incarceration, Palfreeman has in the last two years established a prisoners’ union, the first of its kind in Bulgaria, and been engaged in a constant effort to maintain the legal rights to which he believes he and other prisoners are entitled.
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