Corby claims light up ratings: [1 All-round Country Edition]
Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 16 Feb 2007: 3.
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Today Tonight also featured a woman with her face obscured claiming to be a former Centrelink worker who remembered Schapelle because of her unusual name and the reasons why she was on a pension. The woman said: “I never had a doubt in my mind that Schapelle was guilty.”
The woman alleged that a week before her arrest, Schapelle visited the Gold Coast Centrelink office to get her disability pension for, she alleged, “depression and drug-related psychological problems”. “That’s what the doctor said,” she claimed.
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ALLEGATIONS of drug use and lies moved into a fourth night of tabloid television last night as friends and enemies of the Corby sisters came forward with fresh accusations.
On Seven’s Today Tonight, an anonymous high school friend, his face obscured, said he was not surprised Schapelle Corby had been caught smuggling marijuana into Bali, only by the amount she was caught with — 4.1kg.
He said he used to go out partying with Schapelle. “We’d go drinkin’, smoke a bit of pot, party, go gatecrash parties,” he said. “She smokes marijuana. She deals in marijuana. Marijuana has been a part of her life for a long time.”
Schapelle Corby is serving a 20-year jail term in Bali’s Kerobokan jail after she was arrested carrying the drugs while entering Bali in October 2004.
Today Tonight also featured a woman with her face obscured claiming to be a former Centrelink worker who remembered Schapelle because of her unusual name and the reasons why she was on a pension. The woman said: “I never had a doubt in my mind that Schapelle was guilty.”
The woman alleged that a week before her arrest, Schapelle visited the Gold Coast Centrelink office to get her disability pension for, she alleged, “depression and drug-related psychological problems”. “That’s what the doctor said,” she claimed.
Over at Nine’s A Current Affair, the mother of Jodie Power, Margaret Power, said she believed Schapelle was taking the fall for another member of the family who had been involved in smuggling drugs.
“I feel sorry for Schapelle,” she said.
The Corby battle has proved a rating boon for both A Current Affair and Today Tonight.
