Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Former lawyer Robin Tampoe slams Corby family as 'trash'

SCHAPELLE Corby's former lawyer has described the Corby family as ungrateful and nasty. 
 

  • June 25, 2008 12:00AM
In the second part of a Nine Network documentary on the Corby saga, Schapelle Corby: The Hidden Truth, aired last night, Australian Robin Tampoe accused Corby's mother Rosleigh Rose of "putting s*** on everyone" associated with the case in a TV interview given shortly after Corby's sentence in 2005.

"These are the biggest pile of trash I have ever come across in my life,'' Mr Tampoe said.

"I have never seen a more ungrateful, nasty piece of work than this woman (Corby's mother, Rosleigh Rose) and this family,'' Mr Tampoe said.

Mr Tampoe, who is no longer practising law, resigned from Corby's legal team after a falling out with the family following the verdict.


He was interviewed for the documentary immediately after the Rose interview, which appeared on A Current Affair.

In her interview for the documentary, Ms Rose was equally scathing.

"I hate them (Mr Tampoe and former Corby backer Ron Bakir). I think I could kill those people,'' she said.

Gold Coast beauty therapy student Corby was convicted in 2005 for smuggling 4.2kg of marijuana in her boogie board bag, which was discovered at Bali's Denpasar airport.

Corby, 30, who maintains her innocence, is serving a 20-year sentence in Bali's Kerobokan prison.

The Queenslander's final legal challenge failed in March when Indonesia's Supreme Court upheld her sentence.

An appeal for clemency to Indonesia's president is Corby's last legal option, but it means she would have to admit guilt.

Her hopes of being released from prison have relied on the outcome of long-running negotiations between Indonesia and Australia over a prisoner transfer deal.

Corby was admitted to hospital on Friday afternoon suffering severe depression, Indonesian prison officials and doctors have confirmed.

Her mother said Corby had lost 12kg from her diminutive frame and "her hope'' following a series of events.

These included the deaths of her father Michael and stepfather Greg Martin, the failed final appeal, and no visits from her sister Mercedes while she recently fought a defamation action in Australia against the Seven Network.

The Governor of Kerobokan Jail visited Corby in her hospital room yesterday.

Yon Surharyono came to check on Corby's condition and wish her a speedy recovery, advising her to stay calm.Corby, 30, was moved into a different but similar room of the international wing at Sanglah Hospital in Denpasar. She continues to be treated for depression.