Pubdate: Thu, 06 Feb 2014
Source: Northern Star (Australia)
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SHE'LL ROLL A BIG JOINT: WEIRD CLAIM ON SCHAPELLE RELEASE

When asked how Corby was likely to celebrate, ex-Corby family lawyer 
Kerry Smith-Douglas said she'll probably pop a cork of champagne and 
roll up a big marijuana joint the size of a cigar and kick back and 
enjoy herself.

Visibly rattled, Today host Karl Stefanovic then asked, "You haven't 
been smoking yourself this morning, have you?"

A laughing Ms replied: "My eyes are red, I know".

After some nervous chuckles a clearly embarrassed and concerned 
Stefanovic quickly turned the interview to more serious matters, 
asking whether the Corby case had been poorly handled by lawyers from 
the outset.

Ms Smith-Douglas dodged the topic, moving on to what she hoped is 
Corby's imminent release and suggesting  Corby needed mental health 
help as quickly as possible.

"The poor girl needs psychiatric help," she said. "She's in grave 
danger of having mental problems for a long time."

Even if she is released in the next few days, Corby will not be able 
to return to Australia until 2017.

She was initially sentenced to 20 years in prison after being caught 
with 4.2kg of cannabis in her body board bag in 2005, but the 
sentence was reduced by five years in 2012.

In December last year  Indonesian corrections board took two months 
off her sentence as part of a Christmas tradition. The board rewards 
those inside the Kerobokan jail in Bali for good behaviour.
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