Australian Student Jailed in Bulgaria On His Gap Year

One Night in Sofia 2009: Australian student is accused of murder in Sofia Bulgaria and his father desperate to prove his innocence but he is fighting a losing battle. For similar stories, see: Imprisoned Without Trial in Dubai s Waterfront https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrqCb5cbqCM Academic Pressure Pushing S. Korean Students To Suicide https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXswlCa7dug Are Australian Laws Biased Against Aborigines? (2000) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grXVww-lj6Y Subscribe to journeyman for daily uploads: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=journeymanpictures For downloads and more information visit: https://www.journeyman.tv/film/4524/one-night-in-sofia Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/journeymanpictures Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JourneymanVOD https://twitter.com/JourneymanNews Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/journeymanpictures Locked up in a foreign jail thousands of miles from home, a gap year student is accused of murder. This is every parent’s worst nightmare but it has been the Palfreemans’ experience for the past eighteen months. Jock Palfreeman’s life changed on an evening out in Sofia. “I was attacked and they pulled knives on me six times. There was probably a mistranslation or misunderstanding”. Jock Palfreeman insists he acted in self-defence but Bulgarian justice charged him with first-degree murder. His father is desperate to prove his innocence but he is fighting a losing battle: “Unfortunately the law is different for different people in this country.” ABC Australia – Ref. 2009 Journeyman Pictures is your independent source for the world s most powerful films, exploring the burning issues of today. We represent stories from the world s top producers, with brand new content coming in all the time. On our channel you ll find outstanding and controversial journalism covering any global subject you can imagine wanting to know about.