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Sun, 07/13/2008 - 20:14
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Corby's dad 'owned pot in boogie board'
Mick Corby owned the marijuana found in the boogie board bag of his daughter Schapelle, says a convicted drug trafficker who claims he and Mr Corby were drug associates.
With convictions for possessing and trafficking drugs, Malcolm McCauley has told Sydney newspaper The Sunday Telegraph, that the cannabis found in Schapelle's bag belonged to Mick Corby.
Schapelle Corby is serving a 20-year jail term in Bali's Kerobokan prison after being convicted in 2005 for smuggling 4.2 kilograms of marijuana in her boogie board bag into Denpasar airport.
She has always maintained her innocence.
While admitting to a 1970s conviction for marijuana possession, Mr Corby, who died earlier this year of cancer, repeatedly denied knowledge of the drugs found in his daughter's luggage.
Early this month Schapelle's sister Mercedes Corby said there was no evidence to back up the claims, and that her father was not a drug trafficker.
Mr McCauley was linked to the Corbys in 2005 after he was photographed visiting Schapelle in the Bali prison.
A subsequent police raid of his Adelaide home found 15kg of cannabis, thousands of dollars in cash and the photos showing him with Schapelle in Bali.
All parties denied knowing one another prior to Mr McCauley's unrelated visit to Bali in 2005.
Mr McCauley was released from prison in May this year and is believed to have been offered up to $60,000 by media outlets for his story.
Mr Corby's cousin, Allan Trembath, told ABC TV's Lateline this month that Schapelle's father had been involved in moving marijuana throughout Queensland for decades.
He said Mr Corby had offered him $80,000 to accompany him on a boat trip to Cape York to pick up marijuana.
However, "Queensland Police has no evidence to link Michael Corby with involvement in the drug trade," a police spokesperson has recently told AAP.
When approached with news of the latest allegation in Brisbane, Schapelle's mother Rosleigh Rose refused to comment, saying: "We're not talking to the media. Go away."
With convictions for possessing and trafficking drugs, Malcolm McCauley has told Sydney newspaper The Sunday Telegraph, that the cannabis found in Schapelle's bag belonged to Mick Corby.
Schapelle Corby is serving a 20-year jail term in Bali's Kerobokan prison after being convicted in 2005 for smuggling 4.2 kilograms of marijuana in her boogie board bag into Denpasar airport.
She has always maintained her innocence.
While admitting to a 1970s conviction for marijuana possession, Mr Corby, who died earlier this year of cancer, repeatedly denied knowledge of the drugs found in his daughter's luggage.
Early this month Schapelle's sister Mercedes Corby said there was no evidence to back up the claims, and that her father was not a drug trafficker.
Mr McCauley was linked to the Corbys in 2005 after he was photographed visiting Schapelle in the Bali prison.
A subsequent police raid of his Adelaide home found 15kg of cannabis, thousands of dollars in cash and the photos showing him with Schapelle in Bali.
All parties denied knowing one another prior to Mr McCauley's unrelated visit to Bali in 2005.
Mr McCauley was released from prison in May this year and is believed to have been offered up to $60,000 by media outlets for his story.
Mr Corby's cousin, Allan Trembath, told ABC TV's Lateline this month that Schapelle's father had been involved in moving marijuana throughout Queensland for decades.
He said Mr Corby had offered him $80,000 to accompany him on a boat trip to Cape York to pick up marijuana.
However, "Queensland Police has no evidence to link Michael Corby with involvement in the drug trade," a police spokesperson has recently told AAP.
When approached with news of the latest allegation in Brisbane, Schapelle's mother Rosleigh Rose refused to comment, saying: "We're not talking to the media. Go away."
