Jock Palfreeman leaves Bulgaria 13 years after being charged with Sofia murder of Andrei Monov

Australian Jock Palfreeman has left Bulgaria, more than 13 years after he was first arrested and charged with murdering a student in the capital Sofia.

“For my safety I do not want my whereabouts known,” he told the ABC.

Mr Palfreeman’s lawyer Kalin Angelov said his client had wanted to remain in the country, but received threats that he would be arrested if he did not go.

In December 2007 Mr Palfreeman was arrested after a melee in…