Australian retiree freed from Bali jail after Scotsman withdraws complaint from bar fight

After spending his 80th birthday behind bars at Kuta police station earlier this month, an Australian retiree is reportedly being let home free. 

Norman Leslie John Polson was taken into police custody after a bar fight in Kuta with a Scotsman escalated quickly, with Polson pulling a knife and seriously injuring the man. 

“Maybe the victim realized the suspect was an old man,” was the explanation Kuta chief detective Ewa Tagel Wijasa offered for why Scot Alistair Sutherland and his lawyer withdrew their complaint and closed the case, reports AAP

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