ROSS COULTHART Reporter: Did she do it or didn't she? It's the question Australians are asking about Schapelle Corby.
Ten days ago in an Indonesian courthouse, she begged for her freedom
ROBYN TAMPOE (CORBY'S LAWYER): I do not think it's possible for Schapelle Corby to have a fair trial, predominantly because of the screw-ups in Australia, the screw-ups here. Basic things that should have been done have not been done. So how can she put the best evidence before this court to ensure she gets a fair trial because it doesn't exist.
ROSS COULTHART: The presumption of innocence. It's one of the fundamental tenets of Australia's justice system. But here in Bali that onus of proof is reversed for Schapelle Corby. Once she was found with the drugs in her bag, it fell to her and her defence team to prove her innocence. To prove that she didn't know the drugs were there. And to prove her claim that someone else planted the drugs. But unless that alleged someone else steps forward and dobs themselves in, she has an almost impossible task.
ROSS COULTHART: Inside the bag, 4 and a half kilograms of marijuana double-wrapped in two vacuum sealed plastic bags. The biggest ever seizure at Bali airport.
For the rest of the interview go to this address
http://sunday.ninemsn.com.au/sunday/cover_stories/transcript_1775.aspPersonal opinion:
she is definatly in a sticky spot right now.... How are they supposed to give her a fair trial when there is NO evidence... They didnt collect evidence to begin with so now it is going to be allmost impossible to find any at all!!! it has been months scince she was first in court getting charged for drug smuggling!! any evidence that was there has now gone!!
i think that she is not going to get out of this, and it is really sad
because i believe that she is innocent.
Also, i have a friend that deals with booking flights and she has said to me that the flights to bali have not cut back in numbers, as i thought it would have.
Bali is really getting a name now, this is not the first time that bali people have been acused of smuggling drugs.
watch your bags people