Rats, roaches and an ‘overpowering’ smell of urine: Australian filmmaker James Ricketson describes how he was ‘packed like sardines’ alongside paedophiles and murderers during 14-month stint in one of Cambodia’s worst prisons

Mr Ricketson has described the squalid conditions he endured in Cambodian jail.

Australian filmmaker James Ricketson has described how he was ‘packed like sardines’ alongside paedophiles and murderers during his time in a Cambodian prison.

Mr Ricketson, 69, was accused of spying and sentenced to six years in a notorious Cambodian jail.

He was pardoned by the Cambodian government in September after serving 14 months of his sentence, and was able to return to Australia.

In full: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6498623/Australian-filmmaker-James-Ricketson-describes-packed-like-sardines-alongside-paedophiles-murderers.html

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