UPDATE:
The first picture of Schapelle Corby since her release from Bali’s Kerobokan Prison yesterday has emerged.
The picture, which has been published by Women’s Day magazine, shows Corby and her brother James enjoying a beer at the Sentosa Seminyak resort where she’s currently staying.
Mamamia previously reported:
Schapelle Corby has been released from Bali’s Kerobokan Prison after nine years imprisonment.
Here’s the moment it happened:
Prosecutors have told the media that Corby was crying and very quiet at the Corrections Office while she was signing her documents for parole. They have also shown the media Corby’s parole papers.
Images of Corby’s family celebrating her release have also appeared on news sites with it being confirmed that Corby will serve out her parole at Mercedes, her elder sister, home in Kuta.
Her release was expected early this week, after Indonesia’s Justice Minister Amir Syamsuddin signed her parole papers last Friday.
Her parole conditions, which Corby signed last August, do not require her to admit any responsibility for the cannabis found in her luggage back in 2004. However, she is required to remain in Indonesia until July 2017, during which time she has promised not to use or distribute drugs, and to report to the Bali corrections board for monthly counselling sessions.
This was the media scrum that met Schapelle as she walked out of the prison.
Indonesia’s correction system requires that those on parole have a home-base, which they need to seek permission to leave. Schapelle has nominated her sister Mercedes and brother-in-law’s house. However, Fairfax has confirmed with officials that she will be able to leave the house to travel around Bali, provided that corrections official remain informed of here whereabouts. She will, however, require express permission from the Justice Ministry to travel to other parts of Indonesia.
Corby will work designing bikinis for her sister’s Bali-based swimwear business.
Indonesian law places no restrictions on comments made by former prisoners, or on their capacity to profit from their stories. Rumours suggest that the Corby’s first Australian interview after her release is priced at around $3 million.
Corby was accused of importing 4.2kg of cannabis into Indonesia on a flight between Brisbane and Denpasar on October 8 2004 after customs discovered a package hidden in her body board case. She alleged that the cannabis had been placed in her luggage after check in without her knowledge. However, as her bag was only weighed as part of the sum of her travel group’s luggage at Brisbane airport, and the same sum of luggage had not been weighed at Denpasar, this has been difficult to prove.
On 27 May 2005, Corby was sentenced to 20 years prison. During a series of appeals between 2005 and 2008, her sentence was reduced to 15 years, then reinstated to 20 years.
In 2008, Corby made headlines again after being diagnosed with depression and taken from her prison cell to a hospital for treatment. In July 2008, a trip to a beauty salon within the hospital resulted in Corby being bombarded with Australian and Indonesian reporters. After being moved back to prison, she returned to the hospital in 2009 for further mental health treatment.
In 2010, a clemency appeal for full remission on the grounds of Corby’s reportedly deteriorating mental health was made to the Indonesian President. In May 2012, the Indonesian President reduced Corby’s sentence by five years.
Top Comments
The photo was stolen and sent from bali to a guy from Broadbeach on the Gold Coast called Marcus Greig, he sold the photo to Wamans Day for $35,000 and took a share of just over $8000 for the deal
Looking at the reasons she might have been set up...the flight went from Brisbane to Sydney to Bali (so really baggage handlers could be the only people that were going to get the pot off at either Sydney or Bali) and maybe that was the case?? all other reasons seem ridiculous. If she didn't know about it and she got through customs, someone would have to get her after her arrival at Bali and pinch the boogy board bag?? that doesn't make sense. Also get a body board, put it in a bag and add 4 kgs...you can really notice the difference, if Shapelle picked up this bag at Bali, which I believed they waited until she did pick it up, she would of really noticed the weight and surely you would stop as you can notice how heavy it is. Of course I don't know the truth but it looks sus to me.
In saying that I'm glad she's free!