update about Jock Palfreeman

[Anarchist Skinhead]

http://anarchistsolidarity.wordpress.com/2011/01/06/update-about-jock/

[Anarchist Skinhead]

message from Jock Palfreeman

http://anarchistsolidarity.wordpress.com/2011/01/06/message-from-jock-palfreeman/

[Red Commissar]

For those of you who don't know the case, the same site sums it up well:

http://anarchistsolidarity.wordpress.com/2010/10/24/jockpalfreeman/


Jock Palfreeman is a 23 year old Australian who, on the 27th of December 2007, had the courage to stand up against 16 Nazis on a night out in Sofia, Bulgaria.

He witnessed the fascists chasing and attacking two young Roma boys. Jock ran to the boys’ aid, he did his best to keep the Nazis at bay by waving a knife at them but they attacked him. (Sofia can be a dangerous place and Jock had only decided to carry a knife after being assaulted in the street on more than one occasion). The Nazis turned on Jock. He was beaten, kicked and hit with rocks. He was sustaining severe injuries and was left with nowhere to run. He had no choice but to defend himself. Andrey Monov (one of the Nazis) received a knife wound whilst beating Jock, he later died. Anton Zahariev (another) was injured. The Roma boys ran away.

Jock has since been tried and sentenced for murder and attempted murder. He has been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment and has been fined £250,000. Jock has spent much of the time he has already served in isolation due to a legal loop hole used by the prison authorities.

Andrey Monovs father is well known in Bulgaria and at Andreys funeral there were a mixture of judges, police and politicians. Jocks trial was (not surprisingly) a complete sham – yet another example of corruption and secret handshakes in the judicial system. The prosecutions case was built on the witness statements made by the other Nazis that were there that night, all claiming that Jock randomly attacked the group and chased them with the intent of killing somebody. Key people and possible witnesses for Jocks defence were never interviewed by police and the CCTV footage from the scene miraculously went missing. Many of the statements made at the time were not the same as the statements submitted to the court by the prosecution.

Jocks statement has remained consistent from the night in question.