Schapelle Corby - Innocent or Guilty?

[RazzaDazzla]

Guilty as sin!

Her body language said it all when they handed down the verdict. She sat there smacking her hand on her forehead again and again as if saying "you stupid idiot! Why did you do it!?"

 

[pilots]

Don't for get when the customs man said is this your bag she said I am in trouble ant I, now why in hell would any one say THAT

 

[explod]

Don't for get when the customs man said is this your bag she said I am in trouble ant I, now why in hell would any one say THAT

I understand that that may not be so, can you substanciate that exactly what was said ?

 

[Garpal Gumnut]

Don't for get when the customs man said is this your bag she said I am in trouble ant I, now why in hell would any one say THAT

She may have been cracking a joke. Before all this business, I believe she had quite a sense of humour.

gg

 

[pilots]

I understand that that may not be so, can you substanciate that exactly what was said ?

I was in Jakarta at the time, that is what was printed in the Jakarta post.

 

[Buddy]

Don't for get when the customs man said is this your bag she said I am in trouble ant I, now why in hell would any one say THAT

No wonder she finished up in the slammer, she called the customs man an ant.

 

[explod]

I was in Jakarta at the time, that is what was printed in the Jakarta post.

First rule of law, take no cognisance of rumour and newspapers are just that and often planted by those who want a certain a certain mood of public opinion. This has no place in established justice IMHO

 

[pilots]

First rule of law, take no cognisance of rumour and newspapers are just that and often planted by those who want a certain a certain mood of public opinion. This has no place in established justice IMHO

They was printing the transcript from the trial, they print a English version every day, how ever, you can not all ways believe what you read.

 

[explod]

They was printing the transcript from the trial, they print a English version every day, how ever, you can not all ways believe what you read.

Wonderful, you have made a great conclusion. And so goes the whole scenario, who at the end of the day really knows. A great comfort in our jurisdiction is that such matters are taken into account and you and your family are by that principal protected. I would not step foot in certain countries in a fit. But that should not in my view absolve us from trying to help our fellow country men who have erred a bit

 

[Julia]

Gee whiz, Explod, if I'm ever overcome by felonious intent, and end up in the dock, I'll be hoping you're the foreman of the jury.

 

[moXJO]

Wonderful, you have made a great conclusion. And so goes the whole scenario, who at the end of the day really knows. A great comfort in our jurisdiction is that such matters are taken into account and you and your family are by that principal protected. I would not step foot in certain countries in a fit.

It doesn't change the fact she was lugging an extra 4kg on top of the boogie board. Or do we overlook that. I think the guilt / innocence thing has been played out already.

But that should not in my view absolve us from trying to help our fellow country men who have erred a bit

Where are the updated posts and support on the Bali 9, Henry Chhin, Tran Thi Hong Loan or the others in overseas prisons. Most just seem interested in Corby.

 

[pilots]

moXJO, Good point, some of the Bali 9 will get a bullet in the hart, what do we here about that, NOTHING. Schapelle and the Bali 9, both caught with the goods, yet just because she was good looking, with a nut case family, she gets all the attention.

 

[gordon2007]

Again, stop talking about her. Stop reading\clicking the news links about here, stop buying the magazines about her, and we will stop being bombarded with this nonsense.

It IS the only reason we constantly hear about her. The press only continues the stories that are supported (by us). The more the story generates headlines and viewership, the more we'll hear about it. Television shows get canceled all the time because we as viewers stop watching them.

 

[prozac]

It doesn't change the fact she was lugging an extra 4kg on top of the boogie board. Or do we overlook that.

moXJO, you have said all there needs to be said. How much does a boogey board and cover weigh? Probably no more than about 4kgs. Dopey Doris would know there was something wrong when the boogey board felt twice as heavy.

 

[Agentm]

you have to love this show the family puts on..

 

[Garpal Gumnut]

How long has she been in the slammer in Indonesia now, does anyone know?

gg

 

[vincent191]

From what I hear she got caught because she did not bribe the customs people enough. Apparently, she put some money in the bag for the customs but somebody (baggage handlers maybe) pinched the money and she did not have enough cash on her to pay the bribe.

Indonesia is a very corrupt place, if you pay enough you can smuggle an elephant through customs.

Unfortunately for this poor woman she has drawn so much publicity through her family and friends selling stories to the media that no one in Indonesia is now game enough to "sell" her freedom.

It has been known that you can bribe officials for an early release if you can afford the price but now with all the publicity who would dare accept a bribe in return for her freedom.

 

[Purple XS2]

From what I hear she got caught because she did not bribe the customs people enough. Apparently, she put some money in the bag for the customs but somebody (baggage handlers maybe) pinched the money and she did not have enough cash on her to pay the bribe...

I'm pretty familiar with a lot of stuff written about Schapelle Corby: this is the first I've heard of this embellishment: care to enlighten us about where you heard this? (P.M. me if you like).

Unfortunately for this poor woman she has drawn so much publicity through her family and friends selling stories to the media that no one in Indonesia is now game enough to "sell" her freedom.

There's a lot of reasons why no-one in the public sphere (here or in Indonesia) is 'game enough', little of which in my opinion has to do with either her family or the media. The map is not the territory, especially when the map is drawn by the cannibalistic pigs who constitute the Australian media.

P.

 

[nulla nulla]

Maybe Kev handed out the Order of Australia for a reason. Maybe the deal on the people smugglers was a front for getting someone off death row and someone else a ticket home on (choke gasp) compasionate grounds.
Maybe she is stuck there until the publicity dies down and she gets enough good behaviour repreives to be sent home. Who knows, and frankly who cares.

 

[explod]

Who knows, and frankly who cares.

Then why read the thread and make a post, you must care in some way.

If it was my Son or Daughter locked in this way I would care. And because I have grown Sons and a Daughter, think I know a little on how it may feel.