Schapelle Corby has been granted clemency by the Indonesian government and could be free within three months.
The 34-year-old could be released from Bali’s infamous Kerobokan Jail as early as August, the Daily Telegraph reports.
Schapelle will apparently receive a letter approving the clemency later today.
The clemency will see Schapelle’s sentence slashed by five years. Once previous remissions have been taken into account, this would leave her eligible for release in August.
Schapelle was arrested in October 2004 at Denpasar’s airport. She was found to have 4.2kg of marijuana in her boogie board bag but denied all knowledge of the drugs.
She was convicted and sentenced in 2005 and has been in Kerobokan Jail ever since.
She appealed, but the Indonesia Supreme Count confirmed her conviction and sentence.
Schapelle has repeatedly petitioned for clemency on humanitarian grounds, on grounds of mental illness.
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