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Jock Palfreeman (born 13 November 1986) is an Australian who was convicted of murder and sentenced to 20 years in a Bulgarian prison. Palfreeman was serving in the British Army at the time of the incident.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Chapter one: Every Parent's Nightmare, the true story of Jock Palfreeman )〕 .〔Jock Palfreeman - Australian Story - Conviction - Part One & Part Two}〕 ==The event== In the early hours of 28 December 2007, 21-year-old Jock Palfreeman was involved in an incident during which Bulgarian student Andrei Monov was fatally stabbed. According to the case file, Monov received a single stab wound to the side of his chest, 19-year-old Antoan Zahariev received a slash wound to the side of his chest and Palfreeman was injured after being hit in the head and arm with pieces of concrete pavers.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Every Parent's Nightmare, the true story of Jock Palfreeman )〕 Monov and Zahariev had been out with a group of some 15 youths. Palfreeman was charged with murder with hooligan intent and attempted murder. He claimed he saw the group chase two Roma. When he saw the group start attacking one of the Roma he ran across a downtown square to help the victim. When the attack then turned on him, he pulled a knife from his pocket and waved it around to scare the youths away. However, instead of running away the youths continued to attack him as he tried to move the group away from the Roma. Palfreeman admitted carrying a large butterfly knife when he went out drinking in Sofia.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Every Parent's Nightmare, the true story of Jock Palfreeman )〕 After being arrested, Palfreeman lied to the police, telling them he was living in a sack in Borisova Gardens and that he didn’t know the name of the English couple he had been with that night. In fact he was living at their house at Madjare 60 km from Sofia. This lie allowed the girl Lindsay Welsh, who had been present at the murder, to slip out of the country the next day. She was never questioned by police or appeared at court. Palfreman didn’t provide the details until told by Grayham Saunders that Welsh had left the country. When Welsh made a statement about the events that night she simply claimed she had seen nothing as she was helping someone recharge the credit on a mobile phone. Graham Saunders spoke to Palfreeman before he was interviewed by the police, and claims he had left his girlfriend with Palfreeman and gone to a hostel for the night. He therefore claimed he hadn’t seen anything or had any involvement.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Every Parent's Nightmare, the true story of Jock Palfreeman )〕 Palfreeman pleaded not guilty based on self-defence. Prosecutor Parvoleta Nikova argued that Palfreeman attacked the group of youths for no reason. In an interview given to ''24 Chassa'' before the trial began, she claimed Palfreeman was guilty as charged and should receive a life sentence.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Palfreeman appearing before the bail judge and Prosecutor Parvoleta Nikova who gave an interview to a Bulgarian newspaper before the trial. )〕 This was not the first time Palfreeman had been questioned by the police over a stabbing. In 2004 he was asked to attend Chatswood police station following a serious stabbing at a party. The police did not press charges, but the victim James Attack was adamant that Palfreeman was the offender. This stabbing incident was raised during Palfreeman's trial. 〔http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/bulgaria-stabber-accused-before/story-e6freuzi-1111115233957 〕 Monov had a blood alcohol reading of 2.90%. Zahariev's reading was 1.8%, and Palfreeman's was 0.15% in his blood and 0.29% in his urine. Among the mourners at Andrei Monov's funeral were head of the Supreme Court of Cassation, Lazar Gruev and members of the ruling Socialist Party, including soon to be Interior Minister, Mihail Mikov, and former legal advisor to the President, Chavdar Georgiev.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=At the funeral of Andrei Monov at which the soon to be Interior Minister was among the mourners. )〕 Key parts of Palfreeman's version of events were supported by witnesses, the original statements to police by some of Monov's group, and the traffic recordings. The prosecution appointed Bulgarian psychiatric and psychological panel found that Palfreeman was not aggressive by nature. During the investigation potentially key CCTV mysteriously disappeared. The criminal trial was held concurrent with the crimes compensation case, which is the usual procedure in Bulgaria. The civil claimants were Antoan Zahariev and Andrei Monov's parents, notary Aksenia Monova and psychologist Hristo Monov. During the trial some of the youths and police officers changed their versions of events, claiming there were no Roma and no altercation in the lead-up to Andrei Monov's death. When the defence tried to show that this contradicted what the youths had told the police first at the scene and police investigators, the civil claimants and the prosecutor were able to prevent examination of those accounts.〔Palfreeman, Simon (3 December 2009) (Simon Palfreeman's summary of Jock's case )〕 On 3 December 2009, the Sofia City Court found Palfreeman guilty and sentenced him to 20 years' imprisonment. Despite the non aggressive finding of the psychiatric panel, since being found guilty Palfreeman has been involved in fights in the jail, including attacking other prisoners in the canteen queue. He has been placed in isolation several times for offences including possessing an illegal mobile phone and possession of a hidden knife..〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Chapters 21, 22, 23 24: Every Parent's Nightmare, the true story of Jock Palfreeman )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jock Palfreeman」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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