Building "A" of Tuol Sleng prison in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, was reserved for the interrogation of important prisoners of the Khmer Rouge. Its almost certain that this is where John Dewhirst would have been held and interrogated
Genocide: Cambodian men pray as a skull map is dismantled at a genocide museum in Phnom Penh, Cambodia in March 2002
On trial: A verdict on chief Khmer Rouge jailer Kaing Guek Eav, also know as "Duch", is expected in early 2010. He is charegd with crimes against humanity
Butchered: Briton John Dewhirst suffered a violent death in a Khmer Rouge death camp in Cambodia in 1978
Held captive: John Dewhirst photographed on arrival at Tuol Sleng in 1978
Everlasting grief: John's sister Hilary says the death of her brother has left her feeling constant painBy Andrew Malone
Daily Mail (UK)
At an old school building in Cambodia, the startled face of John Dewhirst stares down from the wall.
A teacher from Newcastle, Dewhirst is the only British citizen with his official photograph on display.
It's a distinction his sister, Hilary, will curse until the day she dies.
Clean-shaven, his long hair neat for the cameras, Dewhirst's portrait is one of thousands pinned around the building.
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