Corby Denied Christmas Sentence Reduction

Well it looks like it may not be a merry Christmas for Australia’s most famous drug smuggler Schapelle Corby:

Indonesian authorities used the day to announce the freeing of 221 prisoners for good behaviour and a reduction in sentences for more than 7000 other prisoners.

Corby and fellow Australian drug trafficker Renae Lawrence were among 59 prisoners at Bali’s Kerobokan prison in line for Christmas sentence cuts.

Neither of the women were granted a reduction, but prison official Yon Suharyono said such a move remained possible over coming days.

“Maybe after Christmas, it would be issued. I cannot be certain of that. If there’s no problem, it would be issued because it’s their rights,” Mr Suharyono said.

To be eligible for a sentence reduction, prisoners must have been of good behaviour for at least six months.

Corby, 31, is serving a 20-year jail term after she was caught at Bali’s airport in October 2004 with 4.1kg of marijuana in her boogie-board bag.  [AAP]