Newly released CCTV footage is proof of innocence, Jock Palfreeman says

An Australian man who has spent 10 years imprisoned in Bulgaria after fatally stabbing a man in 2009 says footage of the attack shows he was acting in self-defence.

A still from the newly released CCTV footage. Source: Supplied

An Australian man just released from prison in Bulgaria says newly released CCTV footage of the night he fatally stabbed a man in 2007 proves he was acting in self-defence.

Speaking to ABC News from Busmantsi Detention Centre near Sofia, Jock Palfreeman said he felt "vindicated" after watching the video, which appears to show a group of men throwing objects at Palfreeman, knocking him to the ground, and then surrounding him as he tries to run.

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