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| I'm leaving, and taking my cell with me |
| By AFP |
| Published: 11/05/2007 |
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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - An ex-prisoner is buying his old cell in an Australian prison that is being transformed into a residential and commercial complex, local media reported Wednesday. Former lawyer Graeme Alford spent several years in the Melbourne prison after drinking and gambling sent his life spiralling out of control. By the early 1980s he was behind bars for armed robbery. On leaving prison Alford rebuilt his life, writing the best-selling "Never Give Up" about his experiences as an inmate and becoming a successful motivational speaker. When he saw the heritage-listed prison was being redeveloped, he saw an opportunity. "I thought that not too many people have bought their own jail cell back," Alford told the Australian Associated Press. Pentridge, where the last prisoner was hanged in Australia in 1967, was famous for housing hard-core criminals from 1920s gangsters to modern day killers before it closed in 1997. Alford, who was to take the keys to cell 43 at a ceremony on Wednesday night, would not say how much his old cell cost. The former lawyer, who swore off alcohol once released from jail, said the space was being converted into a storage area for millions of dollars worth of rare wines. "The irony is that I don't drink now," he said. "This is purely an investment." |
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