Free Schapelle Corby
she is guilty as hell
Corby clan's growing list of misadventures
By Carolyn Webb
January 20, 2006
Corby's half-brother James' court appearance on eight drug, assault and housebreaking charges is the latest chapter in a tumultuous family saga.
The Gold Coast clan was thrust rudely into the nation's spotlight on October 8, 2004, when Bali police arrested Schapelle, then 27, at Denpasar airport with 4.1 kilograms of marijuana in her bag.
Corby's older brother Michael said in May last year that none of the family had ever been involved in drugs, but this proved to be untrue.
On May 20, 2005, Corby's father admitted that he was a similar age to his daughter in the early 1970s when he was fined $400 for possessing two grams of marijuana, which he said wasn't his. He also admitted to "half a dozen" drink-driving charges, but said, "who hasn't?"
It then emerged that in January 2002, Schapelle Corby's half-broth...