Australian Jock Palfreeman has moved a step closer to returning home after being granted parole by a panel of three judges at the Sofia Appellate Court in Bulgaria.Jock Palfreeman was sentenced to 20 years' jail for the murder of a man in December 2007
Palfreeman always insisted he had come to the aid of a Gypsy who was being attacked by drunken youthsPalfreeman, 32, has been incarcerated since December 2007, when he was charged with the murder of law student Andrei Monov and attempted murder of Antoan Zahariev in a street melee.Palfreeman's father, Newcastle pathologist Simon Palfreeman, said the family was overjoyed but still waiting to get details of the parole conditions.In 2009, Palfreeman was found guilty and sentenced to 20 years.
The Australian has always claimed he ran to the assistance of a Gypsy who was being attacked by a group of drunk Bulgarian youths in downtown Sofia.