The Indonesian Justice Minister has approved Schapelle Corby’s parole application and within the next 24 hours it likely she will be released from the Bali prison that she has lived in for alomost nine years.
Schapelle is now waiting for her parole papers to enter the final stages of being signed off by Kerobokan Prison boss Farid Junaedi who said he would be signing the papers on Monday.
The 36-year-old was sentenced to 20 years in the Bali prison in 2005 after being found with 4.2kgs of marijuana in her body board bag.
But good behaviour remissions and a clemency reduction has shortened her sentence and after nine years she looks set to be released on parole, where she will remain in Bali with her sister Mercedes. She won’t be able to return to Australia until 2017.
We look back at her life behind bars here.
Schapelle Corby inside Kerobokan jail in Bali.
Schapelle being excorted by Indonesian police before her trial in Denpasar, Bali.
Corby manages half a smile during the judicual hearings in Denpasar District Court.
She tries to contain her tears during her initial trial.
Then the verdict is handed down – a 20 year jail sentence – and the tears come flooding out.
Schapelle’s translator Eka Sulistiowati tries to comfort her after passing on the news.
Schapelle’s home behind bars, with other Balinese inmates.
Bali Nine member Renee Lawrence and Schapelle inside Kerobokan prison.
Appearing at a press release, the stress of her long ordeal is cleary evident on her face.
Schapelle’s mental health concerns her family and sets an appeal for clemency.
No place to hide: She tries to avoid the cameras after being spotted leaving a beauty salon.
Schapelle hides under a newspaper after being released from hospital.
Mercedes Corby visits her sister in jail before her Parole decision is made.
Kerobokan Prison boss Farid Junaedi adresses the media abhout Schapelle’s parole.
