British man makes grovelling apology from Cambodian prison after group arrested over 'sex position game'
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One of the British men arrested in Cambodia over a 'sex position game' has made a grovelling apology, telling prison officers they had made "one mistake".
Video footage from inside the jail showed five men nodding as they were asked if they wanted to return to the UK.
The Brits, who have been forced to shave their heads while in prison, have chosen to remain locked up in the hope that it will accelerate their case through the court system and they will be allowed to come home.
In the clip, Dan Jones appears to apologise to the guards in the prison, telling them: "I have no problem with Cambodia."
He then bows his head and apologises, telling them he made "one mistake", although it is not clear if they are referring to the charges against them.
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Dan then says the words: "I am sorry."
They are among eight men and two women being held in Siem Reap Prison awaiting trial on indecency charges.
The group are accused of playing a Twister-style 'sex position game' after police released images of the clothed tourists appearing to pretend to perform different sexual positions on the floor of the villa during a party.
But they all deny being at the party pictured, with supporters saying the images could have been taken years ago.
The villa was a stop on a pub crawl, Cambodian police said.
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Britons Vincent Harley Robert Hook, 35, Daniel Richard Leeming Jones, 30, Thomas Alexander Jeffries, 22, Billy Stevens, 21, and Paul Francis Harris, 32 are among those arrested.
If convicted, the five - who deny any wrongdoing - could face a year in jail.
Also detained were Dutchman Job Robertus van der Wel, 22, Canadians Jessica Drolet, 25, and Eden Koazoleas, 19, along with Norwegian David Nikolaus Aleksandr Ballovarre, 22, and 32-year-old New Zealander Paul Martin Brasch.
All 10 were charged on Sunday with producing pornographic pictures.
Video footage has emerged from a notorious Let's Get Wet party in Cambodia - just days after five Brits were charged with producing pornographic pictures at one of the wild bashes.
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They were held along with five other tourists after images emerged of people apparently demonstrating different sex positions.
In this video clip, filmed at a similar party, women are shown flashing their breasts and twerking for the camera.
The footage, taken in February last year, also shows revellers drinking heavily and lining up countless shots of alcohol on a bar.
There is no suggestion anyone in the clip is doing anything illegal.
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A member of the group told the Press Association from their cell on Saturday night that none of those arrested were actually in the photographs.
"Honestly, it was really confusing. Everyone was confused. They raided, rounded us up, there was about 80 to 100 people at this party, some of them were tourists. There were about 30 of them (police officers)," he said.
The prisoner said the group believed the investigation was targeting tourists and expats in the south-east Asian country for wearing bikinis in public - and in relation to expat-run pub crawls in Siem Reap.
The mother of one of the 10 prisoners said they were told to sign court documents in the Khmer language without the help of a translator.
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She said she had lost contact with her son by Sunday afternoon and was trying to liaise with the parents of others in the group for further news.
She told the Press Association: "They are scared out of their brains. They just did what they were told in the hope they (Khmer authorities) would say 'oh, well we'll get you all to sign these papers and nothing will happen'.
"They've signed these papers not knowing what they are."
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She said her son told of an arrested woman being pressured by Khmer authorities to confess she was pictured in a photo, which he described as depicting a young woman bending over and exposing her breast, but she repeatedly denied the photo was of her.
"I'm getting to the stage where I'm just laughing about it... I'm just so damn tired. I haven't slept since this all started. I'm worried about their state of mind," said the mother.
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office said in a statement: "We are assisting five British men arrested in Cambodia and are providing support to their families."