Australian engineer Robert Pether leaves Iraq five years after arrest
What to know
- Robert Pether was arrested in 2021 and served more than four years behind bars over what friends and family called trumped-up fraud charges.S1
- The Iraqi government had insisted that Pether or the company must pay a $US12 million fine.S2S3
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Australian engineer Robert Pether leaves Iraq five years after arrest
Robert Pether was arrested in 2021 and served more than four years behind bars over what friends and family called trumped-up fraud charges.
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Australian engineer Robert Pether released from Iraqi prison
The Iraqi government had insisted that Pether or the company must pay a $US12 million fine.
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Published Oct 12, 2026
What to know
- Robert Pether was arrested in 2021 and served more than four years behind bars over what friends and family called trumped-up fraud charges.S1
- The Iraqi government had insisted that Pether or the company must pay a $US12 million fine.S2S3
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