What I survived

Barry Hulse's 10-Year Ordeal in India's Deadliest Prisons

March 10, 2026·41 min·6-min readnarrativetrue crime
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Barry Holtz, a British man from Manchester, was wrongfully imprisoned in India for nearly a decade after unknowingly being implicated in a drug smuggling scheme involving prescription sleeping tablets. What began as a routine holiday to Goa spiraled into a legal nightmare rooted in bureau

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Barry HoltzTarek SyedMustafa DosaAjmal Kasab

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Arthur Road JailAndabarak

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Criminal JusticeGlobal NewsLong Form JournalismTrue CrimeWrongful Convictions

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