As her brother James becomes a dad, Schapelle’s own dream of being a mum is giving her something to live for, her family tells Corby biographer Kathryn Bonella.
Desperately lonely and increasingly despondent, Schapelle Corby plans to make a dramatic last-ditch grab at happiness by having a baby in her Bali jail, according to her mother.
Languishing behind the bars of Indonesia’s infamous Kerobokan prison, Schapelle has always been candid about her desire to have children. But she’s well aware her life-long dream is being slowly eroded as each year of her jail term drags by.
Now, on the eve of the fifth anniversary of her sentencing, Schapelle’s mum, Rosleigh Rose, warns that her daughter, 32, will resort to having a baby in prison if her latest plea for clemency falls on deaf ears.
“She is going to have a baby, and she is going to be a good mum,” Rosleigh says.
“If she doesn’t come home this time, she can have one in there … So what?”
If Schapelle falls pregnant in Kerobokan Detention Centre, she would by no means be the first. Given it’s a mixed-sex prison and there’s a long history of guards renting offices for illicit liaisons, pregnancy is not uncommon.
To read the full interview with Schapelle’s mum about Schapelle’s plans to have a baby see this week’s Woman’s Day, on sale May 31, 2010.
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