Schapelle Corby – Evidence which proves her innocence Part 8/8
Truth News Radio Australia’ welcomes Roy Reeves, a close friend of the Corby family, to discuss her case and the miscarriage of justice which now threatens Schapelles life. Schapelle Corby became a household name in Australia after her arrest in 2004 on charges of importing 4.2 Kg of marijuana into Bali. Her subsequent trial and guilty verdict were covered extensively in the news, and in 2005 there was a groundswell of support from all over Australia due to the inconsistencies in the evidence against her, the main one being that the street value of marijuana in Bali is roughly one eighth of the Australian value. Why would someone take enormous risks to import a drug into a foreign country for a massive loss? The weakness of the case against Schapelle was compounded by the fact that the Indonesian prosecutors could not offer a single piece of forensic evidence to support their case, despite repeated requests from Corbys defense team. The marijuana was not tested for its origin, finger prints were not taken and CCTV footage was mysteriously unavailable. The case against Schapelle was based exclusively on circumstantial evidence, bolstered by (disputed) claims that her behavior during the initial search demonstrated guilt. The final twist was a trial by media which occurred after Australian television program Today Tonight payed Jodie Power 0000 cash to air extremely damaging allegations about Schapelles sister Mercedes and the Corby family. In May 2008, a New South Wales …