New claims have emerged in the case of Australian drug smuggler Schapelle Corby. Picture: File Source: The Daily Telegraph
- New witness described as "very credible"
- It's just a matter for Kevin Rudd - lawyer
- "She's really bloated, she's well overweight"
- The Punch: Perhaps a drongo did it?
SCHAPELLE Corby's lawyer says Kevin Rudd could hold the key to securing the convicted drug smuggler's release after "credible" new evidence emerged.
A "witness" emerged on Channel 9 last night, almost seven years after Corby was convicted of smuggling marijuana into Bali, claiming the former beautician was a victim of a panicky airport baggage handlers.
Australian lawyer Kerry Smith-Douglas - who has worked on a pro-bono basis for Schapelle for almost three years - told Sydney radio station Mix FM today she was taking the new witness "very" seriously.
"She's credible, she's intelligent, she doesn't have any criminal history herself, she's maintained a very high profile job and she's a very credible person," Ms Smith-Douglas said.
"I think it shows there's reasonable doubt, which indicates that there should be a judicial review immediately into her case.
"Ironically, Kevin Rudd is in southeast Asia as we speak, so it's just a matter for Kevin Rudd - who in 2005 - offered the prisoner exchange program ... it's now up to him or Julia Gillard to pick up the telephone and let them know there's reasonable doubt."
And on Corby's current condition:
"She's really bloated, she's well overweight, she's on medication that has serious side effects and she's on anti-psychotic drugs."
A clinical counsellor using the alias "Sue" said yesterday she was dating a baggage handler at Brisbane airport in October 2004, the month Corby was arrested.
He allegedly told her that a fellow worker came to work with a large bag of marijuana.
She told Channel 9 news yesterday: "When the supervisor was coming the guy panicked and grabbed one of the bags behind him and hid it in there. When he was talking about a big bag, he meant a big bag."
Sue said she came forward because it was playing on her conscience and signed a statutory declaration regarding her claims. She said she could tell police the name of one of the men allegedly involved. Corby's Australian lawyer Kerry Smith-Douglas described Sue's statutory declaration as "extremely important".
Corby is awaiting the outcome of a clemency appeal lodged with the Indonesian government.
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