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“In the rest of the world it would never have even got to an
investigation, let alone being put in prison.

“I was happy that he was out there, because I knew he was happy. But I
never expected this.”

His sister Helen, 17, added: “Here you’re innocent until proven guilty.
Out there it seems to be the exact opposite.”

The family can talk to him on his mobile phone, and say he is resilient but
desperate to get out. It could take a year for the case to come to trial.

On Friday night he managed to get through to his parents, and said he was
hopeful he would be released soon.

“I’m looking forward to having my freedom back,” he told his mother, adding
that he is spending his time behind bars planning new areas of the country
to explore.

“I want to get back out into the bush, Mum,” he said.

Last week he was moved from Bangui’s police cells to the country’s main
prison, where he shared a cell with around 60 other prisoners. They could
not lie down without elbowing other inmates, and there is no food provided,
so David, who is being held with his boss Erik Mararv, 27, relies on food
brought by Mr Mararv’s sister.

On Saturday however he moved to a slightly more comfortable wing of the
prison, which lifted his spirits.

Paul said: “He told me: ‘I’m getting a bit more sunlight now, so I’m topping
up my tan!’ He just said he was feeling upbeat because he felt that things
were moving now.”

The Foreign Office said that it had registered a formal complaint to the
authorities in Bangui.

A Foreign Office spokesman said: “We can confirm the arrest of British
national David Simpson in Central African Republic.

“We are providing consular assistance to Mr Simpson. We are in contact
with Central African Republic authorities and continue to monitor the
situation closely.”

But the family is angry that the British authorities have been so slow to act
since David reported the murders on March 23 and was subsequently imprisoned
on March 29.

“It’s been amazing how little the Foreign Office has done,” said
David’s father Peter, 54, who rears pheasant and partridge for shoots.

“I’m a straight-talking Yorkshire game keeper, so I told them in no
uncertain terms that they had to do something. He’s a good lad and it’s not
right that he is in prison for reporting a crime.”

David was passionate about his work in the Central African Republic – despite
having scarcely set foot out of Yorkshire before.

For his 18th birthday his parents had bought him flying lessons, and he
relished the experience. But he was working in a door factory in Sheffield;
hating living in a city; returning to the farm at weekends but not sure what
to do with his life.

Then, in 2010, he saw a documentary about managing safari farms in Africa,
rounding up and monitoring the animals by plane. He emailed the producer,
and two months later was starting a new life in a country which he
previously did not even know existed.

His role was to fly over the thick jungle which carpets most of the country,
and spot new herds of animals and new watering holes. When the sites were
identified, the safari company Cawa would set about building the roads and
setting up the camps to work in that area.

Serious big game hunters would flock to the country from around the world,
paying well in excess of £40,000 for a fortnight to shoot prized animals
such as the giant eland or the bongo – both huge, beautifully-striped
antelopes. Leopards, lions, buffalo and baboons also populated the lush
forest, attracting wealthy businessmen from America and European princes.

With there being almost no roads in the country, David would fly them in his
light aircraft from camp to camp, where the guests would rest in elegant mud
and brick cabins and dine on the finest meats cooked by French-trained
chefs.

“I had never seen him so happy,” said Paul, 22, who works with his
parents and sister on the Gillamoor game farm but spent two months visiting
his brother.

“He had a pet monkey and was learning the local dialect, Sangho. He was
great at talking to all the clients and believed his work was really
important.

“If the hunting company didn’t exist then poachers would wipe out a lot
of the animals, killing them for the meat and hide. Two thirds of the people
in the village with the camp rely on the company for their livelihoods. He
absolutely loved it out there.”

On March 23, David was exploring a remote area in the south east of the
country – a region with a fearsome reputation, thought to be ruled by the
Lord’s Resistance Army.

The militia, headed by the self-styled messiah Joseph Kony, has been
terrorising Uganda, Sudan and the DRC for 25 years, murdering thousands and
abducting an estimated 20,000 children to serve as soldiers.

With his African colleagues, David was looking for signs of wildlife.

But instead they found the remains of 18 villagers who had been killed with
boiling water and hacked to death with machetes. David knew many of them,
having worked in the villages for two years. One of his African colleagues
recognised his brother. Another saw his cousin among the dead.

The men went to get the local police to demand an investigation, and even
arranged for them to be driven to the site. But they were dismayed when the
officials took one photo on their phone and then left.

The situation took a far more dangerous turn when the military then told the
local people that the safari company had killed their men.

“He realised the situation was turning, so he ran to his plane but they
were chasing him,” said Paul. “He was fired at while he was taking
off. The locals then burnt the truck and looted one of the depots. It was
chaos.”

Mr Mararv, a Swedish citizen born in the Central African republic, voluntarily
went to the police in the capital to assist their investigation. But he was
arrested, and several days later David and 10 of their local staff were also
detained.

They suspect that they are being held because officials hope to obtain huge
bribes.

“The justice minister told us they could be free for €1 million
(£800,000),” said Paul. “It’s a joke. They see white people
and think we are the money tree. Either that, or just really odd creatures.”

He tells a story of how, in February, he was walking down the road when he
came face to face with 16 Sudanese poachers, armed with AK47s.

“I was a bit nervous when they came close,” he admitted. “But
they just wanted to have a closer look at me. They’d never seen a white
person before.”

And despite the trauma of David’s imprisonment, the family still plan to visit
him one day. David is hoping that the international pressure will speed his
release, and enable him to return to the life he loved.

“I’d like to go and visit him, and I think we might go in January,”
said Mrs Simpson.

“But I think we need to sort this mess out first.”