Being sent home in handcuffs is not a tempting prospect for the broken Aussie.
A mentally fragile Schapelle Corby is refusing to pin her hopes on Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s heartfelt mission to bring her home to serve out her remaining jail time, fearing it will end in heartbreak.
“She’s aware the Australian Government is supporting her on her lucid days, but most days she’s not really with it or fully comprehending what’s going on,” a family friend tells Woman’s Day. “Also, she’s clung to hopes before that were dashed, so she’s still very depressed most of the time and can’t see the light at the end of the tunnel.”
And given all her avenues of appeal have been exhausted, the bid for clemency to Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, lodged in March this year on the grounds of her failing mental health, is her last hope of having her sentence slashed.
If it fails, she will serve at least another seven years. Speaking publicly about Corby’s case for the first time, in a press conference with Julia Gillard last Tuesday, Dr Yudhoyono said he was “quite optimistic” about a prisoner transfer scheme between Australia and Indonesia, which could apply to Schapelle’s case.
But this isn’t cause for celebration for the Corbys, as politicians have talked about prisoner transfer for more than five years and Schapelle has said numerous times she wants to come home a free person.
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