Australian teacher freed from Cambodian jail after appealing indecent assault conviction

Former Catholic school teacher from Lismore victim, who spent 461 days behind bars, alleges he was the victim of an extortion racket

Former Catholic school teacher Garry Mulroy has flown out of Phnom Penh, protesting his conviction for indecent assault against children and alleging he was the victim of an extortion racket.

The Australian had spent the past week in a safe house in the Cambodian capital amid fears for his safety after he was released from prison in Siem Reap, in the north-west, where he was serving a two-year prison term for assaulting six boys.

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