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Ricketson home in Australia after 15-month Cambodian ordeal

James Ricketson talks with the media at Sydney airport

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Documentary filmmaker James Ricketson has arrived back in Australia after spending 15 months in a Cambodian jail, having been pardoned for his controversial espionage conviction.

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