As Schapelle Corby prepares for release after almost 10 years in prison, we look back at the rollercoaster ride that began back in October 2004.
Since a 27-year-old Corby was found with 4.1 kilograms of marijuana in her bodyboard bag at Ngurah Rai Airport in Denpasar, she has been at the centre of a rolling saga that has absorbed the country.
Convicted and sentenced in 2005 to 20 years in prison, she pursued all legal avenues available to her and made a bid for clemency in 2010.
During this time she has struggled with depression and life inside Bali’s Kerobokan prison, where she shared a cell with six other women, and has always maintained her innocence.
Escorted by prosecutors into a court room before her trial on 27 January 2005. Photo: AFP/Getty Images
Schapelle in her detention house at Denpasar-Bali prison in February 2005. Photos: AFP/Getty Images
Being escorted by police following her trial. Photo: Getty Images
Schapelle reacts as she hears that she is sentenced to 20 years in jail. Photo: Getty Images
Schapelle’s mother and sister shout as her sentence is read out. Photo: Getty Images
Schapelle’s supporters at Tugun Surf Club on the Gold Coast react to the news. Photo: Getty Images
Schapelle speaks with her lawyers before her trial which was reopened in July 2005. Photo: AFP/Getty Images
In 2006 Schapelle filed a final appeal to have her conviction and sentence overturned. Getty Images
In a prison van at court for her final appeal. Photo: AFP/Getty Images
Indonesia’s Supreme Court rejected Corby’s final appeal in 2008, exhausting her legal options for release. She was hospitalised a few months later for depression. Photo AFP/Getty Images
Schapelle talks to her mother in Australia through a new phone system from inside Kerobokan prison, 2008. Photo: AFP/Getty Images
The Chief of Kerobokan Prison Ilham Jaya speaks with Schapelle during a press visit. Photo: AFP/Getty Images
Schapelle is greeted by a prison official during a ceremony. Photo: AFP/Getty Images
With Renee Lawrence of the Bali Nine. Photo: AFP/Getty Images
Escorted by two policemen as she leaves a beauty salon in Denpasar. Photo: escorted by two policemen as she leaves a beauty salon in Denpasar on Bali island on July 2, 2008.
Schapelle covers her face with a newspaper as policemen escort her back to jail from a hospital in Denpasar. Photo: AFP/Getty Images
