Raymond Davis being escorted to a court in Lahore in January 2011. PHOTO: REUTERS / FILE
Daily Mail: EXCLUSIVE: CIA contractor who shot two Pakistani robbers then feared death at the hands of mob breaks silence to tell of real-life Homeland plot which became diplomatic crisis
* CIA contractor Raymond Davis was held captive in Lahore, Pakistan after killing Faizan Haider, 22, and Faheem Shamshad, 26, in self-defense January 2011
* The former security contractor had been driving in the city area when two men in a motorbike brandished a gun at him and in fear he fired back
* He was followed an angry mob of locals, thje window in his car broke, and he was only saved when two Pakistani soldiers came to his help - but then arrested him
* He was kept in Pakistan's Kot Lahkpat jail - which is notorious for its brutal regime, murders, and beatings of prisoners
* Davis was eventually released from prison in March 2011 in a controversial $2.4 million blood-money deal - known as Diya under Islamic law
* Incident inspired start of Homelands fourth series
* Now he breaks his silence in exclusive DailyMail.com interview
A CIA contractor, a double killing in a hail of bullets on a crowded Pakistani street and a diplomatic crisis that set US-Pakistan relations back years.
It could easily be the plot line of Homeland - and in fact helped inspire a key incident in the CIA spy drama.
But for Raymond Davis - who shot two men in self-defense on a busy Lahore street on January 25, 2011 - it was a dramatic episode in his life that he's not likely to forget.
Now he is breaking his silence at last in an exclusive DailyMail.com interview.
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