Schapelle Corby Timeline Of Key Events

admin · 01-20-2006, 10:56 AM

Timeline of the Schapelle Corby case.

October 8, 2004: Schapelle Corby, 27, is arrested at Denpasar Airport after Indonesian customs officers find 4.1kg of marijuana in her unlocked boogie board bag.
January 28, 2005: Corby's trial begins.

February 25: Gold Coast businessman Ron Bakir offers to help Corby.
March 24: Corby tells the court she has no idea how the marijuana came to be in her luggage.
April 21: Prosecutors ask for a life sentence, but not the death penalty, if Corby is convicted.
April 29: John Patrick Ford, who has been remanded in prison to face charges in Victoria, tells the court in Denpasar he overheard prisoners talking about a stash of marijuana that was lost while being smuggled by baggage handlers.
May 25: Australian Justice Minister Chris Ellison says the Government is looking at a prisoner exchange agreement.
May 27: Corby found guilty and sentenced to 20 years in jail.
May 30: Perth QCs Mark Trowell and Tom Percy recruited to help Corby's appeal.
June 14: Corby's Indonesian legal team, including newly appointed Jakarta lawyer Hotman Hutapea, file an appeal against her 20-year jail term, demanding her case be reopened and new evidence heard. Earlier, Indonesian prosecutors file a separate appeal demanding Corby be jailed for life.
June 21: Corby's mother Rosleigh Rose claims Bakir asked her jailed daughter to repay him $500,000 in expenses. He denies the claim.
June 22: Mark Trowell, QC, claims that Corby's Indonesian defence team asked for $500,000 to bribe the appeal judges. The Indonesian judges deny the claim.
June 24: Corby fires her Indonesian legal team and breaks ties with Bakir.
June 26: Corby, citing stress and confusion, rehires her team except for lawyer Lily Lubis and adviser Vasu Rasiah.
June 28: Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono says he will not pardon convicted drug traffickers.
June 29: Corby says she remains confident she will be freed.
July 4: Bali High Court orders the case reopened.
July 20: Case is reopened in Denpasar District Court but only one expert witness testifies. Court gives the defence until August 3 to produce new witnesses.
August 3: Balinese judges end her reopened drugs trial and refuse to grant her lawyers more time to find new witnesses.
October 8: First anniversary of Corby's arrest.
October 12: Bali High Court reduces Corby's 20-year sentence by five years.
November: Parallel appeals are filed with Indonesia's Supreme Court in Jakarta; from the defence, wanting the sentence quashed and Corby freed, and the prosecution, wanting her 20-year sentence reinstated.
January 18,2006 : Schapelles brother arrested and police allege he is involved in exporting drugs
January 19, 2006: News breaks that the court has reinstated the original sentence
March 17, 2006: Indonesian authorities burn the marijuana those removing any chance of forensic testing

admin · 12-10-2006, 06:08 PM

I just rediscovered this excellent article which outlines the very basics of Schapelle's tragic journey and the problems she faced from day one.

It is called 'Weighing the Evidence'. Please have a read of it.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Wei...700677359.html

kiki · 12-10-2006, 08:12 PM

i was just wondering would you know how or if you are able to write to shappelle personally?

admin · 12-11-2006, 07:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kiki

i was just wondering would you know how or if you are able to write to shappelle personally?

Yes ofcourse kiki

Here is Schapelle's address.

Schapelle Corby
C/- LPM Kerobokan Jl.
Tangkuban Perahu Kerobokan,
Denpasar 80117 Bali, INDONESIA

Thanks for caring mate.

kath@Dunmore · 12-12-2006, 05:10 AM

Just read Weighing the Evidence. Poor, poor girl. This is my first look at this forum - can anyone tell me what can be done to support her? Send her vegemite? Sign a petition? Write to her - I have... Write to John Howard? How?

Murray · 12-13-2006, 01:12 AM

Letters to John Howard;

The Hon John Howard MP
Prime Minister
Parliament House
CANBERRA ACT 2600

[The blurb on the page also suggests: Correspondence of this nature, setting out full details including an RSVP contact name, address and phone number should be sent as well]

Email John Howard http://www.pm.gov.au/email.cfm

A Supporter told me recently that emails may be more effective than letters. I still like to send both. But maybe he has a point --

I received a letter back from Customs and 'Justice' Minister Ellison a few days ago.
I had written to him in August -- when many of us wrote him asking about cctv footage for Schapelle's Appeal.

I sent a letter recently to Rudd. It wasn't to congratulate him either. I'll do that when he does something for Schapelle. Because according to a reply letter I received from Beazley in August 2006:

Quote:

As our spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Mr Rudd first met with Ms Corby's lawyers in November last year and remains in contact with them about her case.

That and other give-aways on the letter mean the Opposition party sent me a stupid form letter that had been written some time in 2005. Rudd needs a new robot for that job. However you just keep on going. I complained to them, and they sent me back an up to date response.

haciajusticia42 · 12-13-2006, 03:25 AM

Kath, you may write Schapelle and mail packages to her at this address:

Ms. Schapelle Corby
C/- LPM Kerobokan
Jl. Tangkuban Perahu Kerobokan
Denpasar, Bali, INDONESIA
- 80117 -

She loves recieving letters; it really lifts her spirits!

haciajusticia42 · 12-13-2006, 03:27 AM

Hehe, oops......just realized the same address has been posted on this thread already! Oh well, more than once doesn't hurt, I guess. :)

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