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Reply #285 - Feb 8th, 2014 at 6:44am
 
John Smith wrote on Feb 6th, 2014 at 11:35am:
greggerypeccary wrote on Feb 6th, 2014 at 11:34am:
John Smith wrote on Feb 6th, 2014 at 11:30am:
Shapelle had a body board bag full... you also can't pretend it was for her own use.



I don't care if she had three tonnes of the stuff: nobody should serve nine years in prison for a cannabis offence.



In a country where smuggling drugs in can result in the death penalty, she's lucky she got 9 years. You don't have to like or agree with their laws , but you do have to respect them. or alternatively, don't go to Malaysia




I agree. I'm old enough to remember when 2 Australian men were hanged in Malaysia for drug offences. Whether we agree with it or not, other countries have their own laws and penalties.
I think, myself, that the publicity around this case had a lot to do with the fact that she is a young, attractive woman. Otherwise there would have been 15 minutes of fame and then nothing much in the media.
Of course they kept her in jail for 9 years, if I were minister over there, I would have too. There is no way they could risk being seen as caving in to Australian pressure or being soft on her because she was a westerner.
Even now, listening to the speech their minister gave, I had the impression they hate this emphasis in Corby and just want her parole to be seen as due process.
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Reply #286 - Feb 8th, 2014 at 6:47am
 
Cliff48 wrote on Feb 8th, 2014 at 6:27am:
BatteriesNotIncluded wrote on Feb 8th, 2014 at 6:20am:
Lord Herbert wrote on Feb 8th, 2014 at 6:10am:
Andrei.Hicks wrote on Feb 8th, 2014 at 5:36am:
10 years inside.

Hope her brother is proud of himself...


Why would she maintain her innocence for all these years while knowing that a confession in known to reduce sentences in Indonesia?

But then there's always the question of how didn't she know she was carrying an extra 4 kilograms in her body-board bag.

Would you even feel 4kg??


Easily - 4kg would almost double the weight of the bag and its contents.

Nah, boogie board must weigh atleast 10kg with the bag?? Yeh, maybe not..  Roll Eyes

I'm just thinking the bag is fairly thick and stuff,...weighty feel ya know...

  - Anyone: How much does a boogie board weigh??
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Reply #288 - Feb 8th, 2014 at 6:49am
 
Lord Herbert wrote on Feb 8th, 2014 at 5:11am:
Sophia wrote on Feb 7th, 2014 at 11:15pm:
She will be employed by her sister, in the bikini desigining business.


In the what?  Grin

That must be a typo.

How can anyone make a living from 'designing' bikinis? It's utter nonsense of course. It must be a joke. Or some sort of 'business' front for money-laundering.

Bikinis are no bigger than a couple of handkerchiefs for the one set.

There's not the remotest possibility that Schapelle's sister has been paying her bills from 'designing' bikinis. And now we are to believe the income from 'designing' bikinis will be enough to finance Schapelle Corby's upkeep for the next few years as well?

"What made you smile today". Indeed.





You must forget that Mercedes Corby got a big payout (almost a million maybe more) from ACA when Anna Coran lost a slander case. That would have been enough to set you up for two lifetimes in Indonesia. Hence the nice property for Indonesian standards.
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Reply #289 - Feb 8th, 2014 at 6:51am
 
Cliff48 wrote on Feb 8th, 2014 at 6:40am:
Sir Spot of Borg wrote on Feb 8th, 2014 at 6:35am:
Cliff48 wrote on Feb 8th, 2014 at 6:21am:
Lord Herbert wrote on Feb 8th, 2014 at 6:10am:
Andrei.Hicks wrote on Feb 8th, 2014 at 5:36am:
10 years inside.

Hope her brother is proud of himself...


Why would she maintain her innocence for all these years while knowing that a confession in known to reduce sentences in Indonesia?

But then there's always the question of how didn't she know she was carrying an extra 4 kilograms in her body-board bag.


We know she isn't the sharpest pencil in the box but that extra weight would have been impossible not to notice.


Maybe she did notice. Just imagine you are trying to hurry up and get through customs and you pick up your board and move it to the counter - you think to yourself "thats a but heavy" then all hell breaks loose. Seriously it would have happened fast. You dont really think about it.

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That doesn't hold water.

She had to collect the bag (and probably place it on a trolley) and then lift it to the customs examination bench.

If she noticed a weight  discrepancy all she had to do was to notify the customs officer.

I am not suggesting that all would have been smooth sailing from that point but it certainly would have gone a whole lot better for her.


Yes it does hold "water". You may be different from the rest of us and might be paying attention all the time and right on the ball to notify someone so quickly if your bag feels a bit heavy but most of us would maybe notice it but not really take it in because our mind is on other things.

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Reply #290 - Feb 8th, 2014 at 7:00am
 
stevieboy wrote on Feb 8th, 2014 at 6:49am:
Lord Herbert wrote on Feb 8th, 2014 at 5:11am:
Sophia wrote on Feb 7th, 2014 at 11:15pm:
She will be employed by her sister, in the bikini desigining business.


In the what?  Grin

That must be a typo.

How can anyone make a living from 'designing' bikinis? It's utter nonsense of course. It must be a joke. Or some sort of 'business' front for money-laundering.

Bikinis are no bigger than a couple of handkerchiefs for the one set.

There's not the remotest possibility that Schapelle's sister has been paying her bills from 'designing' bikinis. And now we are to believe the income from 'designing' bikinis will be enough to finance Schapelle Corby's upkeep for the next few years as well?

"What made you smile today". Indeed.





You must forget that Mercedes Corby got a big payout (almost a million maybe more) from ACA when Anna Coran lost a slander case. That would have been enough to set you up for two lifetimes in Indonesia. Hence the nice property for Indonesian standards.


Some of the speculation on here is pure garbage...

She'll be living in a compound owned by Mercedes husbands uncle...

I think they have about 6 shabby houses in the compound, a surf shop and they also make clothes of some sort..

They have drop toilets and a fan to move the stifling heat...

.............

And what about Chanel 9?

Aren't they profiting from crime with all of these mini series like this one and others?

Are the government going to seize that money off them?
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Reply #291 - Feb 8th, 2014 at 7:04am
 
By the way... Mercedes being married to the Bali guy and having this place to stay is paramount to Corby getting parole...

It was reported last year that they had split... it may have just been more BS from the media..

But it makes you think.... Corby's release depends on her sisters relationship with this guy...

He has  himself a powerful position..
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Reply #292 - Feb 8th, 2014 at 7:18am
 
Cliff48 wrote on Feb 8th, 2014 at 6:21am:
Lord Herbert wrote on Feb 8th, 2014 at 6:10am:
Andrei.Hicks wrote on Feb 8th, 2014 at 5:36am:
10 years inside.

Hope her brother is proud of himself...


Why would she maintain her innocence for all these years while knowing that a confession in known to reduce sentences in Indonesia?

But then there's always the question of how didn't she know she was carrying an extra 4 kilograms in her body-board bag.


We know she isn't the sharpest pencil in the box but that extra weight would have been impossible not to notice.


But then again ~ her father or half-brother ... or sister Mercedes, may have told her he/she had put some innocent 'extras' the bag.
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Reply #293 - Feb 8th, 2014 at 7:20am
 
stevieboy wrote on Feb 8th, 2014 at 6:49am:
You must forget that Mercedes Corby got a big payout (almost a million maybe more) from ACA when Anna Coran lost a slander case. That would have been enough to set you up for two lifetimes in Indonesia. Hence the nice property for Indonesian standards.


I didn't know that.

Who's going to cover Schapelle's original fine of $13,000 (plus jail time)?
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Reply #294 - Feb 8th, 2014 at 7:22am
 
Lord Herbert wrote on Feb 8th, 2014 at 7:18am:
Cliff48 wrote on Feb 8th, 2014 at 6:21am:
Lord Herbert wrote on Feb 8th, 2014 at 6:10am:
Andrei.Hicks wrote on Feb 8th, 2014 at 5:36am:
10 years inside.

Hope her brother is proud of himself...


Why would she maintain her innocence for all these years while knowing that a confession in known to reduce sentences in Indonesia?

But then there's always the question of how didn't she know she was carrying an extra 4 kilograms in her body-board bag.


We know she isn't the sharpest pencil in the box but that extra weight would have been impossible not to notice.


But then again ~ her father or half-brother ... or sister Mercedes, may have told her he/she had put some innocent 'extras' the bag.


If that was the case, she should have said so.
Police can only charge the person they actually catch breaking the law, unless there is some other evidence.

What you have said is speculation but if it happened that way, then you are saying it was Corby's choice to take the rap.
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Reply #295 - Feb 8th, 2014 at 7:23am
 
BatteriesNotIncluded wrote on Feb 8th, 2014 at 6:20am:
Would you even feel 4kg??


You sure would. Lift 4kg of sugar packets at the supermarket next time you're there. ('Lift' ~ not shop-lift).  Cool Surprisingly heavy.
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Reply #296 - Feb 8th, 2014 at 7:25am
 
sherri wrote on Feb 8th, 2014 at 7:22am:
What you have said is speculation but if it happened that way, then you are saying it was Corby's choice to take the rap.


It has been reported that since early childhood she had worshipped her father....

The truth will all come out one day.
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Reply #297 - Feb 8th, 2014 at 7:31am
 
Sir Spot of Borg wrote on Feb 8th, 2014 at 6:51am:
Cliff48 wrote on Feb 8th, 2014 at 6:40am:
Sir Spot of Borg wrote on Feb 8th, 2014 at 6:35am:
Cliff48 wrote on Feb 8th, 2014 at 6:21am:
Lord Herbert wrote on Feb 8th, 2014 at 6:10am:
Andrei.Hicks wrote on Feb 8th, 2014 at 5:36am:
10 years inside.

Hope her brother is proud of himself...


Why would she maintain her innocence for all these years while knowing that a confession in known to reduce sentences in Indonesia?

But then there's always the question of how didn't she know she was carrying an extra 4 kilograms in her body-board bag.


We know she isn't the sharpest pencil in the box but that extra weight would have been impossible not to notice.


Maybe she did notice. Just imagine you are trying to hurry up and get through customs and you pick up your board and move it to the counter - you think to yourself "thats a but heavy" then all hell breaks loose. Seriously it would have happened fast. You dont really think about it.

SOB


That doesn't hold water.

She had to collect the bag (and probably place it on a trolley) and then lift it to the customs examination bench.

If she noticed a weight  discrepancy all she had to do was to notify the customs officer.

I am not suggesting that all would have been smooth sailing from that point but it certainly would have gone a whole lot better for her.


Yes it does hold "water". You may be different from the rest of us and might be paying attention all the time and right on the ball to notify someone so quickly if your bag feels a bit heavy but most of us would maybe notice it but not really take it in because our mind is on other things.

SOB


Many years ago I moved to Asia (for a number of years) with my job.  At the time I had a friend at the AFP and I asked him about the stories of 'planted drugs' on travellers.  He replied "Of course it happens, but its usually us incriminating someone we couldn't nail in Australia'.  Hopefully he was joking, but I tell the story just to illustrate that planting of drugs was a well known story (even if it was a myth),

Schappelle had travelled to Indonesia several times previously and would certainly have been aware of their strict drugs laws and probably had heard similar stories.

While I lived in Asia I travelled around the region on a regular basis.  I can assure you I would have noticed a 4kg weight difference with my bag.  To my knowledge, Schappelle never mentioned a weight difference, but did claim at a later time the zipper on her boogie board had been tampered with.

Since we will never know the truth, we are left purely with our opinions, and on my experience you can see where I gen mine from.

The Indonesian courts, however, had the fact that she claimed the bag was hers and had no evidence to suggest she was not responsible.
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Reply #298 - Feb 8th, 2014 at 8:12am
 
Sir Spot of Borg wrote on Feb 8th, 2014 at 6:19am:
John Smith wrote on Feb 7th, 2014 at 6:41pm:
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Well as far as I know Marijuana is not physically addictive


rubbish


Are you saying it is physically addictive?

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“Marijuana is not addictive, not physically addictive anyway.”

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Reply #299 - Feb 8th, 2014 at 8:18am
 
Sir Spot of Borg wrote on Feb 8th, 2014 at 6:20am:
John Smith wrote on Feb 7th, 2014 at 6:49pm:
BatteriesNotIncluded wrote on Feb 7th, 2014 at 6:48pm:
John Smith wrote on Feb 7th, 2014 at 6:41pm:
BatteriesNotIncluded wrote on Feb 7th, 2014 at 5:54pm:
Well as far as I know Marijuana is not physically addictive


rubbish

I question your sources  Cool


lifes experiences ..... Wink


If you think you were physically addicted to pot you need a psychiatrist

SOB


No SOB, it is you that needs a psychiatrist ... where did I say that I was ever physically addicted?
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