Schapelle Guilty!

[boj01]

I just bought a new lawn mower, the latest model, its a Victa Schapelle. Its holds 4.1kg of grass and comes with a 20 year guarantee!

[JD_R33]

Interesting debate isn't it?

I spend my time doing IT support for two different govt agencies that are both directly involved in the airline business, so I get to talk to a lot of people in the industry.

I had a conversation with someone recently who had worked as a baggage handler, and he asked me if I thought she was guilty.

I said the thing that I couldn't work out was, if it sounds so ridiculous that she would try to take drugs into Bali where they are actually cheaper, why would anybody else want to smuggle it in her luggage?

He smiled and said "Well that's easy to explain - nobody was trying to smuggle the drugs into Bali." "They have been moving drugs grown in Qld down to Sydney and other places via passenger baggage for years." "Someone puts it in the baggage in Brisbane, someone else takes it off at the other end, the passengers are usually none the wiser". "Occasionally someone stuffs up at the receiving end, which is what happened in October last year".

"Everybody in the industry knows she's not guilty....."

He went on to explain that when he first started working as a baggage handler he was offered $6000 in the first 3 weeks, just to turn a blind eye to certain activities.

With all of the security that has been put in place at airports over the last few years someone forgot about the baggage handlers. Apparently they have just started conducting proper backgound checks on existing staff, and more than 50% of those checked have some sort of criminal record.

[sav1]

At first i use to think she was not guilty, but just over the past couple of days i have heard a couple of stories to make me think she might be guilty.

1) a friend was having a kitchen done and the guy putting in the kitchen was talking about the case and said he was installing a kitchen for another couple a few weeks ago who told him that they actually did a drug deal with schappelle and her brother a few years ago in byron bay.

2) was telling this story to a mate who's girlfriend is a cop and he said yeah his girlfriend said both her and her brother are well known up and sown the east coast for dealing drugs.

The media is only going to push one side of the story. guillty or not no australian media or government officials are going to condemn an australian to death. had she been trialled in australia alot more about her history/background would have come out.

just my 2 cents.

[Mark]

What was the first thing Schapelle said when she was shown her new cell?

This is the second biggest joint I've ever seen!

*cough*