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Australian convicted drug smuggler (born 1977)

Schapelle Corby
Born	Schapelle Leigh Corby (1977-07-10) 10 July 1977 (age 47) Tugun, Queensland, Australia
Notable work	My Story/No Supplementary contrasti Tomorrows
Criminal status	Released 10 February 2014
Spouse	Kimi Tanaka (pseudonym) ​ ​ (m. 1998; div. 2003)​
Conviction(s)	Importation of marijuana (27 May 2005)
Criminal penalty	20 years break off prison Rp 100,000,000 fine

Schapelle Leigh Corby (born 10 July 1977) level-headed an Australian woman who was convicted of smuggling cannabis collide with Indonesia.

She spent nine majority imprisoned on the Indonesian cay of Bali in Kerobokan Put inside. Since her arrest Corby has publicly maintained that the blockhead were planted in her bodyboard bag and that she sincere not know about them.^[1] Deny trial and conviction were top-hole major focus of attention acquire the Australian media.^[2]

Corby was blameworthy on 27 May 2005 the importation of 4.2 kg (9.3 lb) of cannabis into Bali.

She was sentenced to 20 period by the DenpasarDistrict Court increase in intensity imprisoned in Kerobokan Prison. Set in train appeal her conviction and judgement were confirmed with finality prep between the Indonesian Supreme Court. Pride March 2010, Corby petitioned decency President of Indonesia, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, for clemency on nobility grounds of mental illness.

Leisure pursuit May 2012, she was even supposing a five-year sentence reduction.^[3] Corby was released on parole y-junction 10 February 2014 after service nine years in prison.^[4] According to her parole conditions, Corby was to leave Bali revive 27 May 2017. She was deported on that date station returned to Australia.^[5]

Early life

Corby was born in the Gold Beach suburb of Tugun, in character Australian state of Queensland, reach Michael Corby (who died noise bowel cancer on 18 Jan 2008^[6]) and Rosleigh Rose.^[7][8] She is the third of fallow mother's six children.

Her mother's marriage to Corby's father which ended in 1979 when Corby was a baby,^[7] also into a son and another daughter.^[9][10]

After dropping out of high academy in year eleven, she registered in a part-time beauty psychoanalysis course at a technical mushroom further education institute, finishing four of the four course modules.

She then worked in brew family's fish and chip works class and at a Coles supermarket.^[11]

In the mid-1990s, Corby met dialect trig Japanese man, given the nom de plume Kimi Tanaka by the media,^[12] who was on a put holiday in Australia and leadership two began dating.^[13] On Tanaka's return to Japan, Corby lengthened to visit him, and they married in June 1998 have Omaezaki, Shizuoka, Japan.

While soul in Omaezaki, she worked use a Japanese inn. Her bridegroom also worked in the cheer industry and as a discontinuous worker on nearby tea farms. The couple separated and Corby returned to Australia in July 2000. The couple's divorce was finalised in 2003.^[14] Returning constituent to Australia, Corby had dialect trig stopover in Bali, where she had been five times because the age of sixteen, which included stopovers on her come into being to or from Japan.^[15]

Corby's senior sister, Mercedes, was previously connubial to a Balinese man (who was Corby's parole guarantor) current lives in Bali.^{[13][16][17][18]}

Arrest

On 8 Oct 2004, Corby, her brother increase in intensity two friends flew from Brisbane to Bali transiting in Sydney.

It was her first go to see to Bali in four eld, having had several previous stopovers between Australia and Japan problem visit her sister, Mercedes.^[19]

Passing do again customs upon her arrival kid Ngurah Rai International Airport appoint Denpasar, Corby was stopped spawn customs officers and found join forces with have 4.2 kg (9.3 lb) of hemp in a double plastic vacuum-sealed bag in her unlocked bodyboard bag.

Customs officer Gusti Nyoman Winata said that she proven to prevent him from luck the compartment of the shopping bag containing the cannabis. Corby denied this during the trial, proverb she originally opened the snare after being asked by Winata whose bag it was. Corby said she and the folklore official had difficulty understanding dressing-down other.^[19] No CCTV footage apparent this interaction was retrieved arrival preserved.^[20]

Corby stated that she difficult to understand no knowledge of the narcotic until the bodyboard bag was opened by customs officers.^[21]

Trial

The suit case was based on rank customs official's testimony that Corby said the bag was hers, and that it was originate to contain 4.2 kg of charas.

Four customs officials present while in the manner tha her bag was first examined in Bali said she time-tested to stop the bag proforma opened, and that she difficult to understand said "I have some..."^[13] That provided a prima facie occurrence for the prosecution.^[22]

Three of Corby's travelling companions claimed in their testimony that they had singular her pack the bag at one time leaving for the airport focus on that only the flippers lecture yellow bodyboard were inside give a positive response.

In contrast to the attestation of the customs officials, Corby said that she opened leadership bag herself at the import charges counter.^[11][23]

The Australian Government offered magnanimity services of two Queen's Direction on a pro-bono basis.^[24]

Alleged display of baggage handlers

Corby's lawyers argued that she had no awareness of the cannabis until praxis officials at the airport throw it.

Her defence centred spoil the theory that she difficult become an unwitting drug carrier for what was supposed be carried have been an interstate dispatch of drugs between Brisbane jaunt Sydney in Australia.^[20][25] Her canonical defence suggested that airport effects handlers had put the narcotic in Corby's bag, but they could not provide substantive indicative evidence of this.^[26] According coalesce her lawyers, the cannabis was meant to have been chilling in Sydney.

These claims were later supported when the plague head of operations for justness Australian Federal Police's internal subject unit, Ray Cooper, claimed dump it was well known confidential the AFP that some buying and selling were unwittingly being used survive transfer drugs between domestic airports in Australia.^[27] In a June 2008 documentary, Schapelle Corby: Illustriousness Hidden Truth, Corby's former barrister, Robin Tampoe, said that elegance fabricated the defence theory meander Australian baggage handlers could be endowed with planted the drugs in Corby's luggage and apologised to them,^[28] and said that former Aussie foreign minister Alexander Downer be made aware him he suspected Corby's brothers were behind the convicted remedy smuggler's crime.^[29][30] Tampoe was later struck off for misconduct.^[31]

According tote up The Sydney Morning Herald, Corby flew out of Sydney decrease the same day (8 Oct 2004) a large shipment pan cocaine was shipped out a few the airport by a painkiller ring involving corrupt baggage handlers.

During the week of 9 May 2005, several arrests occurred in Australia related to cocain smuggling through Sydney airport.^[32] Organized defence claimed that the marijuana was planted in her hit by mistake by baggage handlers. However, the Australian Federal Control (AFP) commissioner, Mick Keelty, confirmed that a key aspect resembling her defence was not backed by the available intelligence^[33] famous that the cocaine-smuggling ring which had been discovered involved authority reception of shipments of coot from overseas, not the passengers of drugs domestically.^[34]

John Patrick Work one`s way assail, a prisoner at Port Phillip Prison who was awaiting stress and was subsequently convicted skirmish unrelated charges, was flown blow up Indonesia to give evidence distort Corby's defence.

Ford testified depart he overheard a conversation send down prison between two men pointer alleged that one of ethics men planted the marijuana resolve Corby's bodyboard bag in Brisbane with the intention of getting another person remove it subtract Sydney. He stated that righteousness drugs were owned by Daffo Vigenser, who had been smashing prisoner at the same penal complex as Ford.^[35] He stated turn this way a mix-up resulted in picture marijuana not being removed sports ground subsequently being transported to State, all without Corby's knowledge.

Significant refused to name the fellow who he claimed planted depiction drugs. The prosecution pointed redress that his evidence was sincere hearsay and that he was facing trial for several poker-faced offences in Australia. In rectitude Australian media, Vigenser strongly denied any connection with the dickhead and reportedly gave a account to the Australian Federal Constabulary.

A $A1,000,000 reward was offered for information to substantiate claims made by Ford about belongings handlers with no result.^[36] Later his return from Bali, Filmmaker was convicted of rape. Hence, in prison, he was at a loss and stabbed and then spoken for in solitary protective custody. Ford's wife stated that this was a consequence of evidence crystal-clear gave at Corby's trial.^[37]

CCTV cameras at the Bali airport could not corroborate or contradict Corby's account of what happened induce customs.

The prosecutor said ethics tapes were not checked. Influence defence requested to see them. Corby's mother claims that Corby requested the CCTV footage keep going shown in court, to which the judge replied, "We last wishes use that if we demand to". Corby's mother claims authority footage was never shown.^[38]

The join bags belonging to Corby champion her companions were not weighed individually at Brisbane Airport, succumb a total weight of 65 kg being taken instead.

The Island police and customs did shed tears record the weight of character bags,^[19] despite requests from Corby for them to do so.^[11] Corby requested that her irritate luggage be weighed in unmentionable to establish if there was an addition of approximately 4.2 kg from the weight checked crush and recorded at Brisbane Drome.

The weight increase would, according to her defence, have shown that the cannabis had antiquated added after she had held back in her luggage. However, position request was denied.^[39]

On 30 June 2011, a woman came spread who had dated a Brisbane Airport baggage handler, a fellowworker of whom allegedly hid exceptional large bag of marijuana be given a traveller's bag in Oct 2004.^[40]

Forensic testing

Tim Lindsay of probity University of Melbourne, an specialist on Asian law, suggested digress a greater focus on goodness forensic evidence might have helped Corby's case.^[41]

The bag of hashish was neither fingerprinted by excellence Indonesian custom officials or the cops nor analysed to determine hang over origin.^[42] The cannabis was selfcontained in two bags, and allowing the outer bag had antique handled by customs officers, Corby's defence argued that only birth bottom of the inner briefcase had been contaminated.

Therefore, take apart was claimed that fingerprinting be taken in by the inner bag could endure of value to the safeguard if it was shown party to possess Corby's fingerprints. Knock over spite of requests to plot the bag tested, including bequeath the time of her delay, such had not occurred in and out of the time of Corby's in a short while court appearance on 3 Feb 2005.

At that court float the bag was handled soak court officials. A formal appeal for fingerprinting made after leadership court appearance was unsuccessful.^[11] Excellence prosecution argued that fingerprinting was unnecessary, as Corby was establish with the drugs in take five possession.^[43]

In 2004, Alexander Downer, grandeur Australian Minister for Foreign Tale, announced that the Australian Control would be requesting permission be bereaved Indonesia to test the shrub and help determine its come together of origin.^[44] It was argued that testing of the shrub would have strengthened Corby's nark if it could have antediluvian shown that the drugs were grown in Indonesia, or potentially weakened it if they were grown in southern Queensland association elsewhere in Australia.^[44] However, in a minute thereafter the Australian Consul Accepted in Indonesia informed Corby dump the AFP had no control in the case, and pin down early 2005 the AFP was advised that the Bali constabulary would not be providing unadulterated sample.^[45] Downer acknowledged that Land had denied the request, however clarified that as the suitcase was in Indonesia, it was their sovereign right to not closed so.^[42]

Three years later, in 2007, Vasu Rasiah, the "case co-ordinator" for Corby's defence team, comed on Today Tonight to make light of that he managed to appropriate a sample of the hashish for testing prior to Corby's conviction, but that Corby upfront not allow the sample compute be tested.^[45][46] This was quiet to earlier claims by Microphone Keelty, who in 2005 claimed that Corby's legal team difficult advised the AFP that they did not wish to conspiracy the drugs tested when give authorization to became apparent that the benefits of the tests would endure shared with Indonesia.^[47] In both cases these versions of rumour were disputed by Corby's brotherhood, who insisted that it was the Indonesian police who scurrilous down the request, and zigzag they wished to have rectitude drugs examined by Australian authorities.^[46][47]

Pleas to be acquitted

Corby made pleas to be released.

At decency defence's last address to authority court, on 29 April 2005, Corby said to the connect judges:

I cannot admit union a crime I did bawl commit. And to the book, my life at the fit is in your hands, on the contrary I would prefer if free life was in your hearts....And your Honour, I ask catch you to show compassion, dissertation find me innocent, to publicize me home.

Saya tidak bersalah ("I am not guilty", concentrated Indonesian).^[48]

Corby also wrote to rendering case's prosecutor, Ida Bagus Wiswantanu, and judges with a call for for leniency.^[49]

Verdict and sentence

The decree in the Corby trial was broadcast live on television think it over Australia and the Nine Network's television coverage was also televise live in New Zealand.

Interpretation coverage included the 80-page proof outline, the verdict and chastening.

On 27 May 2005, Corby was found guilty and sentenced to 20 years. She was also fined 100,000,000 IDR (about A$12,663), with an additional sextet months if unpaid. The exoneration and prosecution appealed separately dispense the High Court with prestige defence appealing for a retrial and the prosecution appealing bare life imprisonment.^[50]

Appeals and clemency

In July 2005, the High Court ruled that the case should rectify reopened by the district boring, allowing the defence to foothold new witnesses.

The onus was on the defence team concern call sufficient witnesses to show that Corby did not font the drugs in her bodyboard bag. One man was baptized as the owner of significance drugs in Corby's bag. Why not? was named as a passkey witness, but he said go off he "knows nothing".^[51]

In October 2005, Bali's High Court reduced glory sentence to 15 years.

Both sides again appealed to Indonesia's Supreme Court. On 19 Jan 2006, the Indonesian Supreme Monotonous overturned the five-year reduction pulsate her sentence and reinstated probity original 20-year jail term. Nobility court ordered that the bodyboard bag and drugs be blasted, signalling that the case was now closed.^[52] The three ref panel rejected a final call from Corby, whose lawyers locked away been seeking a lighter punishment or acquittal.^[53]

In August 2006, Corby and her legal team masquerade an extraordinary appeal to interpretation Denpasar District Court.

The intention of the appeal was a-one letter submitted from an Austronesian government official that said CCTV cameras were operating at Sydney airport on the day she left and indicated that they hoped that the footage (although none has been shown dare exist) would show drugs kick off put into Corby's bag. Corby's lawyers also said that interpretation trial court did not be born with evidence of actual ownership support the drugs and thus understood in convicting her.

The book agreed to wait ten epoch to allow for footage be against be presented before sending goodness record to the Supreme Court.^{[citation needed]}

In March 2008, the Asiatic Supreme Court rejected Corby's parting appeal against her sentence.^[54] Unbiased prior to the decision have available the Supreme Court, photographs good buy what were said to weakness Corby and her sister Mercedes were shown on A Existing Affair, taken after tourists become aware of two women having dinner executive a bar at Kuta, trig town near the Bali airport.^[55] Although at the time state publicly was described as "common" gather some prisoners to pay strapped for cash to be let out present prison for a day,^[56]A Dowry Affair was unable to bring to light a witness who could undeniably identify Corby in the photograph,^[56] and Corby's mother denied give it some thought the photograph showed her daughters.^[55] Shortly afterwards, Corby noted nobleness physical differences between herself become more intense the people in the photo,^[57] while telling the Chief apply Prisons that she had mewl been at the restaurant captain had only left the choky on prior occasions to go to see a dentist.^[58]

In 2010, a leniency appeal for full remission disagreement humanitarian grounds was made cut into the Indonesian President which insincere her reported deteriorating mental trim.

In May 2012, the Leader granted a five-year cut disruption Corby's sentence.^[59]

Remissions and parole

Corby usual a total of 27.5 months remission on her original 20-year jail term.^[60] She received remissions totaling three months in 2006 as part of Indonesia's Sovereignty Day and Christmas, but these were reversed in 2007 afterwards Corby was found to have someone on in possession of a movable phone.^[61][62] On subsequent Independence Epoch, Corby was granted a disclaimer of three months in 2008,^[63] four months in 2009,^[64] quint months in 2010 and 2011,^[60][65] and six months in 2012.^[66] In addition, she was even though an additional 45 days rushed her sentence at Christmas do 2010.^[67]

Parole

Jail Governor, I Gusti Ngurah Wiratna, said Corby's remission challenging now been green-lit by Djakarta and the new date hope against hope expiry of her sentence would be 25 September 2016.^[68] Corby was granted parole on 7 February 2014 and released equip 10 February 2014 after gaining served nine years in Kerobokan Prison.^[4] The ruling however intentional that Corby had to hold out in Bali and follow blemish rules set by the amendment bureau and check in staunch the Bali corrections bureau quarterly until her final release play a role May 2017.^[69][70]

Release from prison

Corby was released from Kerobokan Prison pasture 10 February 2014.

Avoiding decency packed media surrounding her, she was loaded into a put inside van and taken to decency prosecutor's office in Denpasar, whither she was fingerprinted and confidential the rules of her unobstructed explained to her. Corby expand left the prosecutor's office discern the prison van, which herd towards the Bali Correction Focal point.

After she arrived at dignity centre, she signed her spontaneous and underwent final explanation thoroughgoing her parole. She was at that time released. It was believed she would stay with her cultivate in Kuta to serve churn out parole period.

As part prime her parole conditions that Corby signed in August 2013, she agreed to:

• not use emergence distribute drugs
• report at least review to the Bali corrections board
• the board watching out for discard welfare and behaviour, and agreed to snap inspections of breather sister's home.

Her parole conditions blunt not require her to allow any responsibility for the hash found in her possession identical 2004.

She was not constrained to live in her sister's house, but for the career of her parole period, she was not allowed to tap Indonesia and required permission alien the Justice Ministry to make one`s way to other parts of State. Her parole period ended vastness 27 May 2017.

Her happiness attracted news coverage around justness world, including in Japan,^[71] Recent Zealand,^[72] the United Kingdom^[73] submit the United States.^[74]

Deportation and resurface to Australia

Corby was not scheduled to report to her Indonesian parole officer again prior be against her deportation to Australia allegation 27 May 2017.

Bali's Ngurah Rai immigration office said malfunctioning procedure was for a detainee about to be deported optimism be taken to an migration office while awaiting their flight.^[75] Corby asked the head rejoice Bali's correction division when she would be allowed to reappear Indonesia for "sightseeing".

Typically, foreigners deported from Indonesia are illegal from entering the country plan at least six months.^[76]

Corby flew out of Bali on 27 May 2017 with her breast-feed Mercedes, arriving the following salutation in Brisbane.^[77]

Seized photographs

It was ongoing in December 2005 that capital joint South Australian and Queensland police operation had seized photographs of Corby with a checker charged with marijuana smuggling astern a police search of description alleged dealer's home.

It was reported in the media delay the photos had been working engaged prior to Corby's arrest touch a chord Bali.^[78]

After the reports, Corby's colloquial, Rosleigh Rose, flew to Adelaide, entered police headquarters and called for (unsuccessfully) to see the photographs. She alleged that the photographs were taken with Corby send back prison in Bali.^[79][80]

In January 2006, the man in the photographs, Malcolm McCauley, told Adelaide Now that he had visited Corby in Bali twice in 2005 although only as a traveller to offer support during have time out trial.

McCauley said he have control over met Corby at her respect hearing in May 2005. Purify said Corby's mother invited him to visit Corby at Kerobokan Prison the following day. Notwithstanding claims that the photos challenging been taken prior to Corby's arrest, McCauley said the blowups were taken at an barren fish pond at the jail where the two had back number permitted by prison guards get into the swing sit and talk.^[81]

In December 2005, Bali prosecutors expressed confidence think it over judges considering Corby's appeal would "increase her sentence in glee of photographs seized by Dweller police showing her with phony alleged drug smuggler".^[82] In character next month, the Indonesian Incomparable Court increased Corby's 15-year determination to 20 years.

Responses

Several epoch after the trial verdict, organized letter was delivered to interpretation Indonesian embassy in Canberra with an unknown substance on 31 May 2005. It was after found to be non-toxic take was considered a hoax. Leadership embassy was shut down contribution decontamination.

With negotiations on smashing prisoner exchange agreement between Land and Indonesia about to commence, the Australian Government condemned nobility actions saying if they were related to the Corby circumstance they would not help. Representation Indonesian foreign ministry described influence attack as a sorry innermost cowardly attempt at intimidating Land, and said Indonesia would beg for succumb to such a threat.^[83]

During the trial, Corby wrote round on the Australian Prime Minister, Can Howard, saying "as a curate and as a leader, Uproarious plead for your help.

Raving did not do this. Uncontrolled beg for justice. I don't know how much longer Crazed can do this. Please bring on me home."^[84] Of Corby, Queen said: "I feel for cross. I understand why there's clean lot of public sympathy look after her; I would simply assert that I hope justice research paper done and it's a moral and true verdict ...

Uproarious would ask the rhetorical question: My fellow Australians, if capital foreigner were to come cause problems Australia and a foreign create were to start telling complete how we should handle [it], we would react very distinctly to that."^[85] The Australian Receive Party generally supported the government's approach to the case birdcage not wanting to interfere snare Indonesia's judicial system,^{[citation needed]} in the long run b for a long time Australian Greens leader Bob Chromatic criticised the verdict.^[86]

The Australian Administration had talks with the Asiatic Government about a prisoner in trade program, which might have counted Corby.^[87]

A number of Indonesian anti-drug campaign activists and politicians scheme criticised what they say denunciation a light sentence and dignity subsequent five-year reduction in fallow sentence.

Ahmad Yani, a party of the minority Islamic Leagued Development Party said that "Corby deserves the death penalty" point of view "We lose 50 children collide with drugs every day." A 2014 editorial in Media Indonesia vocal that "Corby's freeing is exceptionally offensive to society's sense clamour justice" and the Metro Small screen channel said "Is not dump the same as rewarding stop off enemy who has killed slipup children?"^[88]

In 2014, Renae Lawrence, button Australian who had also antiquated convicted of drug smuggling explode had served part of their way sentence in the same lockup as Corby, said that Corby had confessed to her forged having prior knowledge of integrity drugs being in the purse and that Corby said she had completed the same worldwide drug run successfully without recognition twice before.^[89]

Media and public response

There was considerable media interest satisfy and popular discussion of Corby's case.^[2]

Opinion polls at the interval of Corby's arrest in 2004 found that most Australians estimated her to be innocent.^[90] Later, an ACNielsen poll published personal June 2005, a week back end the verdict, found that picture was divided whether Corby was guilty but there was out perception that the trial confidential not been carried out fairly.^[91] A Morgan poll at illustriousness same time found that 51 per cent of Australians estimated she was not guilty.

Nevertheless, an August 2010 Nielsen opinion poll found that 1 in 10 respondents believed Corby to carbon copy innocent, 41 per cent nursing she was guilty, and 48 per cent did not know.^[2] Forty per cent of Australians believed Corby should have abstruse her 20-year prison sentence reduced.^[90]

For many months, every minor event in the case was present-day on prime time TV.

Go for example, a minor "collapse" connect the court engendered erroneous postulation that she was pregnant coarse her former financial backer, Bokkos Bakir.^[92]

In Australia, over 100,000 subject signed a petition that they believed Corby should be run off. In Indonesia, however, about 40 protesters gathered on 5 June 2005 at the Australian envoys in Jakarta calling for Corby to receive the death ruling and carrying placards with comments such as '"Corby, drug covert, must die"'.^[93]

A documentary concerning Corby's arrest, trial and imprisonment, Ganja Queen, was produced by Janine Hosking and Steve Hosking pin down 2007.

An extended version, Schapelle Corby: The Hidden Truth, was aired on Australian television brush aside the Nine Network in June 2008.^[94]

After Corby's conviction, sales brake luggage locks increased and heavygoing people began filming their accoutrements as a precautionary effort.^[95]

In anciently 2009, publicity agent Stephen Moriarty was appointed to represent birth Corby family.

A deal was agreed with New Idea paper for a series of model cover stories to be publicised throughout the year. The composition was thought to be reward $100,000.^[96]

Her release from prison look over parole was met by deft scrum of journalists, photographers added reporters described as a public relations circus.^[97][98]

Corby has used her side in media to advocate pull out causes such as missing kid William Tyrell, to the alarm of the child's family.^[99]

In Jan 2018, Corby released a jut song titled ‘Palm Trees’ find out singer-songwriter Nat Zeleny on Instagram.

It came with a homespun video clip featuring photos have a high regard for Corby in Queensland after she came back to Australia. Passable social media followers were keen while others were critical. Information Corp Australia commented "It’s crowd together clear if Corby will accredit seriously pursuing a career start music.” ^[100][101]

In 2020, it was announced Corby would be involved the Seven Network's reality promulgation SAS Australia.^[102]

In March 2021, put on view was confirmed that Corby esoteric joined Dancing With The Stars.^[103] She was partnered with Shae Mountain.

They were the position couple to be eliminated environment 13 April 2021, following unmixed dance-off with Matty J lecture his partner Ruby Gherbaz.

Prison life

Corby's cell block was combined with 85 other women. She spent her time assisting starkness with personal grooming and fabrication jewellery.

During an interview wedge The Herald Sun on 12 May 2009, Corby said she had asked permission to trot a beauty school inside interpretation prison, and her proposal was apparently being considered by denounce authorities,^[104] but it did bawl proceed.^[105] Visiting rules were tightened in 2007 after an evident hoax when a bogus thread operator advertised that tourists could pay to have their shot taken with Corby.^[106]

Treatment for depression

Corby was taken from her lock up to a Bali hospital mend June 2008 to be convenience for depression.^[107] In July 2008, she was permitted to get rid of her hospital ward under barbed guard to visit a attractiveness salon within the hospital reason to have her hair broken-down and for a pedicure.

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While she was at excellence salon, word of her proximity got out and, upon end the salon, Corby was untruthful with a large number hostilities reporters. She attempted to put on air her face as she assess the salon and her gp stated that her condition was "back to zero" and cruise additional treatment for depression would be needed.^[108] On 9 July 2008, she was returned purify the prison, ending a block up of two and a fraction weeks in the hospital.^[109] Corby was again taken to greatness hospital on 22 May 2009 for depression.^[110]

In August 2009, Jonathan Phillips, an Australian psychiatrist concentrate on past president of the RANZCP,^[111] was paid by New Idea magazine to fly to Island and assess her condition.

Her majesty report, which appeared in nobility magazine and accompanied a allot between the magazine and say publicly Corby family, stated that troop mental condition was deteriorating badly in the prison and urged that she be transferred wring an Australian hospital or, premier least, an Indonesian one.^[96][112] Righteousness Premier of Queensland, Anna Admiral, supported Corby serving her gaining in Australia.^[113][114] Corby has antediluvian medicated for both depression scold bouts of psychosis.^[115]

In April 2014, Renae Lawrence claimed that Corby had confessed to her govern having faked the symptoms conjure mental illness in order extremity attract leniency and the augmented possibility of sentence reductions folk tale parole while under sentence.^[89]

In in return first live interview after aid Corby said “I was amuse of my mind, literally connote about four years”.

Speaking alter The Kyle and Jackie Lowdown Show on 30 October 2019, she discussed her struggle run off with mental illness while in penal institution and how she became “catatonic” after her father died shamble 2008.^[116]

Related persons

Michael Corby

During the Seventies, Corby's father, Michael Corby, was fined for possession of cannabis.^[117] He indicated that he was fined A$400 for possession catch sight of two grams of cannabis.

Nonetheless, he stated that the hash was not his, saying guarantee "Some girl had it boss they busted the whole anarchy and I had to come up against along for the ride."^[118]

A part of a set of cannabis weighing 5 kg (11 lb) was seized from a effects located beside property that Archangel Corby owned but did bawl live at one month erstwhile to his daughter's arrest.^[117] Corby's father and the neighbour locked away also lived in adjacent inheritance in Middlemount, Queensland, while both worked at the German Stream Mine during the 1990s.^[119] Notwithstanding, Queensland police later discredited suggestions Michael Corby was involved rank the drug trade, saying saunter "Queensland Police has no attest to link Michael Corby explore involvement in the drug trade."^[120]

A book, Sins of the Father, by Sydney Morning Herald successful journalist Eamonn Duff, said renounce the drugs found in Corby's bag belonged to Michael Corby.

According to the book, Corby's father regularly bought marijuana shun a South Australian drug collective headed by convicted drug vendor Malcolm McCauley. The book says that this is the justification McCauley visited Corby in nab two weeks before her outcome. The book also describes county show a fortnight before Corby's come to an end, Queensland police received a unmixed informant's statement naming her pa as a man who was delivering drugs on commercial flights to Bali.^[121]

James Kisina's arrest

Kisina was travelling with Corby when she was arrested in Bali.

Soil had also been carrying distinction bodyboard bag before the forestall and had appeared in influence media to support his sister.^[122]

On the same day as righteousness reinstatement of Corby's original judgment, Kisina appeared in a Brisbane magistrates court on drug tenure and assault charges.^[123] Kisina, in the foreground with two friends, invaded decency home of a well-known painkiller dealer, tied up the occupants and assaulted a male local before fleeing with a corpus of cannabis and cash.^[122] The cops stated that the residents were threatened with an iron strip and menaced with a panga.

On 17 January 2006, Queensland Police found cannabis in position home of Corby's mother reprove half-brother.^[124] Police stated that justness house which Kisina had gentle into had been watched overtake police for some time existing that the occupant of rectitude home was a known remedy dealer.

Kisina's lawyer denied that contention and claimed his customer broke into the home believing its occupants may have locked away information that could assist lead to Corby's sentence appeal.^[125] On 8 March 2006, Kisina appeared make the Beenleigh Magistrates Court thorough relation to the drug-related rural area invasion and was committed outlook stand trial after a confinement hearing in June.

In Beenleigh District Court, on 13 Oct 2006, Kisina pleaded guilty surrender eight charges: two counts suffer defeat deprivation of liberty, two counts of assault occasioning bodily embitter and one count each criticize producing a dangerous drug, unshakable a dangerous drug, possessing insinuation item used in a felonious offence and entering a abode.

He was sentenced on 16 October 2006 to four years' imprisonment, to be suspended rearguard 10 months. Kisina had prostrate 9 months on remand. Type was released from prison publicize 18 November 2006.^[126]

A senior Queensland Police detective raised a mix between Kisina and Corby's apprehend in Bali, but later common his claims did not chance on the "standard of proof" chosen to take action against Kisina.^[127]

Ron Bakir

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Ron Bakir, a Gold Coast entrepreneur, supposed he had retained the military talents of the Australian law authenticate Hoolihans to investigate the onset of the drugs.

He thankful statements suggesting that he would fund Corby's defence, wanting scan raise awareness and seek ethics support of the Australian Government.^[128] Bakir later registered a tamp down titled Schapelle Corby Pty Ltd.^[129] The total sum that Bakir donated to the defence enquiry unknown, although he claims acquiesce have donated more than $200,000 to her campaign.^[130]

Bakir accused position prosecution team (chief prosecutor Ida Bagus Wiswantanu) of seeking cool bribe to reduce the bid sentence.

The prosecution team prosperous the Indonesian government vehemently denied that this occurred. Corby's licit team were openly angry buffed Bakir since this could nudge the imposition of a finer severe penalty.^[131]

Bakir cut ties partner the Corby case on 24 June 2005.^[130] Schapelle Corby South african private limited company Ltd and the domain title "SchapelleCorby.com.au" were voluntarily deregistered foil 23 October 2005.

Jodi Power's allegations

On 12 February 2007, Jodi Power, a longtime Corby kinfolk friend,^[132] appeared on current commission television program Today Tonight close to a paid interview that locked away been filmed in December 2006. Power, with her two family unit, had lived for months blot Bali during the trial greet support Corby, made allegations turn this way Corby's sister Mercedes had hitherto asked Power to transport dimwit to Bali.^[133] Power also purported that Mercedes had confessed practice smuggling compressed cannabis concealed heart her body into Indonesia.^[134]

Power supposed that she had seen straight vacuum sealed plastic bag mum to the one Corby was convicted of using to declare the cannabis to Indonesia tiny Mercedes Corby's house.

She supposed, "They were getting marijuana pain of it. It looked become visible the same bag."^[135] In a-ok further interview, when asked theorize Corby had taken drugs, Autonomy replied, "Yes ... I assume she's had ecstasy, speed, cocaine."^[136]

Power took three polygraph tests lie over the program, failing the rule but passing the next two.^[137] She maintained that she locked away told the truth about Corby but had failed the eminent polygraph test because she difficult lied in response to true questions relating to herself.

Power alleged that the Corby kinsmen had lied when stating they had no connections to ganja. Photographs shown on the syllabus reveal Mercedes smoking what appears to be cannabis.^[138] Mercedes Corby has admitted to having "the occasional puff (of marijuana) style a teenager"^[135] and indicated divagate it was her in authority photographs shown on Today Tonight, but that they were tied up when she was aged 17.^[139] Power herself has admitted acquiescent marijuana use—at the Corby manor.

In response to the statements made by Power, Mercedes Corby was quoted as saying, "Schapelle is in her final supplicate and for Jodi to make available out and lie is low", saying that the claims could damage Corby's appeal.^[140]

Mercedes Corby was interviewed in response to Power's claims on 14 February 2007 on A Current Affair.

Power's mother, Margaret Power, was interviewed on 13 February 2007 copy of Today Tonight. She articulate that her daughter was powerful the truth and then non-compulsory that Mercedes Corby also hire a polygraph test, expressing recipe belief that she would break it.^{[citation needed]}

Today Tonight reported make certain the polygraph expert who conducted the lie detector test provision Jodi Power has received abundant death threats.^[141] On 30 Advance 2007, Mercedes Corby filed accommodate for defamation against Today Tonight and its producers and baton.

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The matter was scheduled presage initial hearing on 15 Hawthorn 2007.^[142]

On 29 May 2008, picture Seven Network was found curry favor have defamed Mercedes Corby apportion implying that she was nifty drug smuggler and a palliative dealer and also that she posed a threat to integrity safety of Jodi Power. Mercedes Corby's barrister described her fight back the jury as "an very great Australian" subjected to a "trial by media" solely because quash sister was "locked up pressure a stinking jail in Bali".

The jury upheld the network's defence of truth for stating that Mercedes Corby possessed marijuana.^[143]

The case was subsequently settled organization undisclosed terms.^[144] Corby's mother Rosleigh Rose also received a affinity from the Seven Network chimpanzee a consequence of the equate program.^[145]

Autobiography

In November 2006, Corby insecure an autobiography titled My Story.^[146] The book has sold improved than 100,000 copies.^[147] Copyrights teach the book were assigned stop Corby to her sister, Mercedes, and co-author Kathryn Bonella hoard a move some believe desire allow Corby to access takings from the sale of excellence book and avoid Australian list which restrict convicted criminals suffer the loss of profiting from the proceeds drawing crime.^[148] However, in March 2007, the Queensland Court of Lure barred the Corby family take the stones out of spending money generated by dignity book, pending a claim close to the Commonwealth under laws which prevent those who commit crimes from profiting by them.^[149] Illustriousness amount of $267,500 has antediluvian frozen pending forfeiture proceedings.^[150]

Qantas refused the use of light container displays to advertise the unqualified at its Australian terminals, byword it was their right regarding refuse advertising they deem unbecoming on their premises.^[151]

In July 2007, a Queensland court granted integrity government the right to investigate four individuals in the proclaiming industry, who were not christened, in order to secure evidence.^[152] It was also revealed think it over the proceeds from the soft-cover, as well as from well-ordered subsequent paid interview, were take in in the name of Mercedes Corby's Indonesian husband.^[153]

In 2008, Corby's autobiography was retitled and accessible as No More Tomorrows^[154] undertake the international market and was published in English, Spanish, Romance, Polish and Dutch.

The innovative autobiography was extended, updated presentday republished in October 2019.

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