Schapelle Corby, 36, stepped free from Kerobokan Prison about 8.15am local time on 10 February 2014, more than nine years after her arrest for smuggling 4.2 kilograms of cannabis into Bali in a bodyboard bag.[1] She was hustled out past dozens of waiting journalists wearing a hat and a full face cover, saying nothing, while more than 100 police guarded the jail.[1]

A police-escorted prison van took her to the Denpasar prosecutor’s office, where she was interviewed for about 30 minutes, signed a release letter, gave fingerprints and was photographed.[1] She then reported to the Bali corrections board, received a parole card with a reporting schedule, and was warned that violations would send her back to prison.[1][2]

Corby had been sentenced to 20 years in 2005 for importing marijuana; presidential clemency in 2012 and remissions for good behaviour shortened the term before parole was signed and delivered in February 2014.[3] Under parole she must live at her sister’s house in Kuta, report monthly and dress respectfully for inspections, and she cannot leave Indonesia until the sentence ends in 2017.[1][2][3]