Australian held prisoner in Iraq freed after 4 years
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An Australian engineer who spent the past four years in an Iraqi prison, is tonight free on bail. Robert Pether was jailed on fraud charges in 2021 after a contract dispute between his employer and the Iraqi authorities. In recent weeks, his family had warned that his health was at risk if he remained in prison.
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