Schapelle Corby – No More Tomorrows
Nowhere else to go
I was totally shocked to see that it had been well over a year since I last posted on my blog and thought it was about time I got my arse into gear and updated it with a post from 2009! Apologies to all my readers and I promise to write more often this year – even if most of it will be inane drivel!
On to my subject matter for this post! I have just finished reading Schapelle Corby’s International bestseller “No More Tomorrows” in which she talks about her state of mind, the court process, how things went from bad to worst and a frank and honest account of her time at the Kerobokan prison.
The book from start to finish is an emotional roller-coaster. It is a truly wonderful read, (can I say that I enjoyed it, is that wrong?) often frightening that this sort of thing could happen to an innocent traveller going off to Bali for a holiday. I’ve been to Bali and had a wonderful time but anyone reading this book or aware of the Corby case will surely have second thoughts about travelling.
Schapelle’s biggest crime as she admits in her book was her failure to lock her boogie board when checking in in Brisbane. I myself have no doubt of her innocence and I sincerely hope she does get justice and make it home sooner rather than later. It doesn’t look great at the moment after exhausting the appeal process – what a joke that was. But the Corby family live in hope.
The book, co written with Kathryn Bonella, took 10 months to write and is a tribute to the determination, courage and hope that Schapelle has despite the weak legal team, a lawyer who cried more often than she spoke in court and the incesant spin from Ron Bakir and Robyn Tampoe.
As described in her book, she was never going to get a fair trial and the prosecutors and the judge were only going to give the guilty verdict. Innocent until “proven” guilty was never a factor. You cannot compare Corby’s case to that of the Bali Nine but the Indonesian Government were adamant they would use Corby to make a point. Despite the harsh sentence handed down, it doesn’t appear to have stopped Westerners from drug trafficking.
I have no doubt in my mind that Schapelle Corby is innocent, she is a victim of gross miscarriage of justice and a lack of support and investigation by the AFP and Sydney and Brisbane airport security. I’m sure this post comes across as a rather one sided post but I read nothing in the book to support a guilty verdict.
I just read Kathryn bonella’s book with schapelle corby. I couldnt put it down. it is the best book I’ve ever read. but it made me cry buckets of tears. i am going to bali to see her and will definitely put a lock on my bags. i dont read many books, but this one I could not put down.
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