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Australian Corby was angry all the time, her parole officer says

By Lauren Farrow, Heru Radu
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22 May, 2017 12:56 AM5 mins to read

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Schapelle Corby at the holding cells at the Denpasar District Court in 2005. Photo / AAP file

Schapelle Corby at the holding cells at the Denpasar District Court in 2005. Photo / AAP file

Indonesian parole authorities have indicated they'll be happy to see the back of Schapelle Corby.

Speaking ahead of Corby's deportation to Australia on May 27, her long-time parole officer and counsellor Ni Ketut Sukiati said the former beauty student had often been "stressed" and "angry" to deal with.

"I hope it will all be over soon," Ketut said.

"Please no more foreigners like this. It makes us so busy ... We're tired. Please just one Corby."

From the first time she met the newly-paroled 39-year-old in February 2014, Ketut told AAP it was clear Corby was having difficulty "opening up".

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"She didn't want to talk. She was angry all the time like she was stressed. Even while here with us, she is mad at us.

"In the end, we are stressed too."

The drama and controversy that marked Corby's trial continued after her release from Bali's Kerobokan Prison more than three years ago.

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Within days, her parole was thrown into jeopardy when Indonesian authorities raised concerns over reports of a lucrative paid TV interview with the Seven Network and the luxury accommodation she was living in.

In March, her sister Mercedes told Seven how her sister was "broken now".

"She was such a strong person before ... She is different."

Mercedes' denial of Corby's wrongdoing again raised the ire of authorities but by April, Indonesian officers said they would not punish her for what her sister had done.

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The intense media scrutiny over her movements has been a constant source of angst for Corby, Ketut said.

Initially she would attend parole meetings with a motorbike helmet on to cover her face. Over the years, however, Corby appears to have relaxed - putting on weight and looking healthier, parole officers reported.

Ketut said she doesn't know how Corby has spent much of her time on the outside apart from going for swims and walking along the beach in Bali.

After her release she worked in her brother-in-law and guarantor Wayan Widyartha's surf shop but that was short-lived.

"Even though she's not working, she can still eat, right? It's different with us. If we don't work, we can't eat," Ketut said.

Ketut offered one piece of advice to Corby. "If you want to change, then change. If not, it's at your own risk."

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- AAP

IN TROUBLE IN THE TROPICS

FATAL ASSAULT OF BALI COP: Sara Connor, a mother of two from Byron Bay in NSW, was sentenced to four years in March after being found guilty of fatally assaulting Bali police officer Wayan Sudarsa in company with her British boyfriend David Taylor. Sudarsa's battered body was discovered on Kuta Beach in the early hours of August 17, 2016. Prosecutors appealed her sentence and in May it was increased to five years. She continues to proclaim her innocence.

BALI NINE: Ringleaders Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran were executed by firing squad on Indonesia's Nusakambangan Island in April 2015 for their part in the 2005 plot to smuggle more than 8kg of heroin from Bali to Australia. Renae Lawrence has been the only member of the Bali Nine eligible to receive reductions on her 20-year jail term. The others - Martin Stephens, Tan Duc Thanh Nguyen, Michael Czugaj, Matthew Norman, Si Yi Chen and Scott Rush - are serving life sentences.

MODEL IN TROUBLE: Model Michelle Leslie was deported from Bali in November 2005 after serving three months for ecstasy possession. After her arrest she claimed she had converted to Islam 18 months earlier and began covering her head. She emerged from prison wearing jeans and a tank top.

TEEN WITH WHITE POWDER: Jamie Murphy, 18, walked free from a Bali police station in November 2016, after officers announced the white powder he was discovered with at the Kuta nightclub Sky Garden almost 48 hours earlier was a mixture of painkillers, caffeine, and cold medication. Police initially suspected the 1.6 grams of powder was heroin or cocaine - an offence that carries a maximum 12 years in prison.

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AUSTRALIAN SEX OFFENDER: In a case that highlighted the scourge of child sex tourism in Southeast Asian countries, Australian Robert Ellis was sentenced to 15 years prison in October 2016 for molesting at least 11 local girls. His trial heard the 70-year-old Victorian man abused the girls aged nine to 15 at his rented room in Tabanan, near Kuta, in exchange for gifts and money. He later wrote a letter saying he was acting under "God's law not man's".

'BALI BOY': A 14-year-old Australian found himself in police custody for two months in 2011 after being caught with 3.6 grams of marijuana, which he said he bought on Kuta Beach. Dubbed the "Bali Boy", because he could not be identified, the NSW teenager ended up serving his time at an immigration facility after the Government intervened and ruled that Kerobokan prison was not suitable.

- AAP

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