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It’s not Changi but Rex Crane finally gets to live his boyhood dream by doing time.  Fortunately for Rex, the low security Queensland facility is not expected to offer the beatings and torture favoured by the Japanese.   

Crane supplied the department with a letter from a doctor which said Japanese soldiers had beaten the soles of his feet “to pulps” with bamboo, had his stomach filled with uncooked rice and then with water and had been crucified with four-inch-long nails through his hands.

Needless to say, his dignity has been well and truly hung out to dry.  Rex was sentenced to four years but can be released on a good behaviour bond after six months.