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Corby Wants Her Lawyers to File Appeal
Friday, 14 October, 2005 | 01:07 WIB

TEMPO Interactive, Denpasar, Bali:A five year reduction in her 20-year jail sentence, which was imposed by the Denpasar District Court does not satisfy Schapelle Leigh Corby, who was convicted in a drug smuggling case.

She has therefore requested her lawyers to continue legal efforts to the appeal level.

“She cried because she felt that she has been treated unfairly,” said Haposan Sihombing, Corby’s lawyer, after informing her of the decision of the Bali High Court at the Krobokan prison on Thursday (13/10).

According to Sihombing, Corby felt that she should have been freed from any sentence because the marijuana that was in her bag did not belong to her.

Her team of lawyers will file an appeal to the Supreme Court once they have received a copy of the Bali High Court’s ruling.

In addition to filing an appeal, the lawyers will also ask the Supreme Court to deliver a ruling that enables the trial to incude Australian witnesses through teleconference.

The Bali High Court refused a similar request.

According to Sihombing, the Supreme Court can order the Denpasar District Court to hold the trial.

Amongst the proposed witnesses are Ronie Vegenza, who is claimed to be the owner of the marijuana, and William Miller, who is claimed to have been supposed to take the marijuana out of Corby’s bag during her transit in Brisbane before her journey to Bali.

“Their testimonies are very important to prove that our client is innocent,” stated Sihombing. (Rofiqi Hasan-Tempo News Room)