{"id":1874,"date":"2009-05-12T18:57:18","date_gmt":"2009-05-12T08:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=1874"},"modified":"2009-05-27T18:29:03","modified_gmt":"2009-05-27T08:29:03","slug":"jock-palfreeman-may-2009-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=1874","title":{"rendered":"Jock Palfreeman : May 2009 Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

[Update<\/strong> : Palfreeman stabbed Monov in self defense<\/a>, News.bg, April 24, 2009 | Sofia City Court postpones trial against Australian Jock Palfreeman<\/a>, FOCUS News Agency, April 27, 2009: “The next court sitting is scheduled for May 27th 2009 at 9:30 a.m.”<\/p>\n

Update<\/strong> (May 20): Two — not one — Bulgarian police have testified that Jock acted in self defence and in defence of a Romani. Originally, ten<\/em> police officers did so, but eight later changed their testimony in court. Further, two pieces of video evidence have been referred to in court: one was ‘lost’. The prosecuting attorney offered a different (false) version of what was on the first piece of tape; the other video footage is still ‘lost’, however the presiding judge ordered for it to be found, and if not, for a report to be written as to what happened to it. To cut a long story short, Bulgarian police failed to secure the tape within a four-day period, and it was deleted. Subsequently, Jock’s lawyer requested that the HDD onto which the footage was recorded be examined. Somewhat miraculously, the HDD then up and exploded (the alleged result of a power surge). Then, when asked to have the HDD examined, it was instead — again, somewhat mysteriously — thrown into what is reportedly Bulgaria’s largest rubbish dump. Finally, it should be noted that, according to court documents, having been tested, there was no evidence of Jock having any traces of illicit drugs in his system, and he was recorded as having a blood alcohol reading of 0.1. Andrei, on the other hand, had a BAC of 0.29, and Anton a BAC reading of 0.19. In other words, of three individuals — Jock, Andrei and Anton — Jock was the most sober, and the only individual among a group of 20 arrested — this despite the fact that the mob attacked police when they attended the scene.]<\/p>\n

For those of you coming in late…<\/p>\n

Jock Palfreeman is an Australian citizen currently on remand in prison in Bulgaria. He stands accused of the murder of Andrey Monov and the attempted murder of Antoan Zahariev on the night of December 28, 2007. According to the prosecution, on that evening Jock launched an unprovoked attack upon Andrei and Antoan, possibly while under the influence of drugs and\/or alcohol. According to Jock’s defence, Jock acted in self-defence, his action being prompted by an assault upon him by a large group of fascist football hooligans, one preceded by an assault by the same group upon a Romani.<\/p>\n

Jock’s case is still making its way through the Bulgarian court system. At recent hearings, evidence has been produced by his defence which lends support to Jock’s claims. Thus:<\/p>\n