An Australian author who has spent five months in a Thai jail on charge of lese majesty is on his way home after being given a royal pardon.
Harry Nicolaides, 41, was arrested last August and was sentenced to three years' jail last month for insulting the Thai monarchy in his 2005 book, Verisimilitude
His lawyer, Mark Dean, says the pardon was granted on Thursday night and Nicolaides was deported from Thailand at midnight.
He is expected to arrive in Melbourne today, ABC news online reported Saturday.
