A timeline of Schapelle Corby’s life

Schapelle Corby

Schapelle Corby. Picture: AFP
Source: AFP




SCHAPELLE Corby has become one of the most talked-about Australians in the world.


July 10, 1977
Schapelle Leigh Corby was born and grew up in the Gold Coast, Queensland, the third child of Michael Corby and Rosleigh Rose. She later enrolled in a TAFE beauty therapy course, then worked in the family fish and chip shop.

June 19, 1998
Corby marries a Japanese man, Kimi Tanaka, in the Japanese surfing town of Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture.

2000
The couple separate and Corby returns to Australia.

2003
The couple’s divorce is finalised.

October 8, 2004
Corby, 27, arrives at Ngurah Rai Airport in Denpasar, Bali with three companions to celebrate her sister Mercedes birthday. In customs, Corby is found with 4.1 kilograms of marijuana in her bodyboard bag. Corby claims she has no knowledge of the drugs.

January, 2005
Corby’s trial begins in Denpasar District Court. The prosecution base their case on the customs officials’ testimonies which say Corby claimed ownership of the bodyboard bag.

March 3, 2005
Corby’s defence begins. Her legal team says the drugs were planted in her bag, and say this is supported by the fact there were no precautions taken to hide the drugs.

May 27, 2005
Corby is found guilty and sentenced to 20 years in prison. Both the defence and prosecutors appeal to the High Court; the defence requesting a retrial and the prosecution life imprisonment. The verdict is televised live in Australia.

June 24, 2005
Corby sacks her legal team after allegations they request $500,000 from the Australian Government to bribe the Balinese High court judges. Two days later she re-hires all but two of them.

July 5, 2005
The High Court rules the case be reopened by the district court, allowing more witnesses to give evidence.

October 14, 2005
Corby’s sentence is reduced by five years.

January 19, 2006
Indonesian Supreme Court overturns her reduced jail time and reinstates her original 20-year sentence. The bodyboard bag and drugs are destroyed on courts orders, an indication the case is permanently closed. The judges reject a final appeal unless extraordinary evidence is presented.

August 25, 2006
Corby reappears before the Denpasar District Court and her lawyers submit a letter from an Australian Government official stating the CCTV cameras in the Sydney International Airport were working October 8, 2005 and could prove the drugs were planted in her bag. Footage is never presented or found.

November, 2006
Corby releases the autobiography, My Story.

January 18, 2008
Michael Corby, Schapelle’s father, dies of cancer.

March 28, 2008
Indonesia’s Supreme Court rejects Corby’s final appeal, exhausting her legal options for release. Her final option is requesting clemency from Indonesia’s president.

June, 2008
Corby is hospitalised for depression.

May, 2009
Corby is again hospitalised for depression

2010
Corby launches a bid for clemency.

April 4, 2012
Indonesia’s Justice and Human Rights Ministry recommends Corby’s jail sentence be slashed by 10 years – meaning she could be back in Australia within weeks – on humanitarian grounds. Corby is currently awaiting a decision by Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who will have the final say on whether Corby is released. Corby, now 34, is said to be suffering from mental illness and struggling to cope with life inside Bali’s Kerobokan jail.

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