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| Renae Lawrence: Bali Nine member touches down in Australia | Renae Lawrence: Bali Nine member touches down in Australia |
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| The Australian Bali Nine member Renae Lawrence, who has served 13 years for drug smuggling, has landed back in Australia after being released from Indonesia’s Bangli prison. | The Australian Bali Nine member Renae Lawrence, who has served 13 years for drug smuggling, has landed back in Australia after being released from Indonesia’s Bangli prison. |
| Lawrence landed in Brisbane shortly before 6am on Thursday morning after flying from Bali with her mother Bev Waterman and stepbrother Allan Waterman. She then travelled to her home town of Newcastle in New South Wales. | |
| “We don’t want to comment. We’ve got nothing to say. Please, just leave us,” her mother told reporters soon after the group disembarked and were making their way to the customs area. | “We don’t want to comment. We’ve got nothing to say. Please, just leave us,” her mother told reporters soon after the group disembarked and were making their way to the customs area. |
| As she exited the arrivals hall, Lawrence was pursued by journalists asking for comment before she boarded a transfer bus to the domestic terminal. | As she exited the arrivals hall, Lawrence was pursued by journalists asking for comment before she boarded a transfer bus to the domestic terminal. |
| She was expected to board a domestic flight for her hometown of Newcastle later on Thursday morning. | She was expected to board a domestic flight for her hometown of Newcastle later on Thursday morning. |
| In chaotic scenes on Wednesday afternoon, Lawrence walked out of the prison through a media throng into a waiting car to be taken to Denpasar airport. | In chaotic scenes on Wednesday afternoon, Lawrence walked out of the prison through a media throng into a waiting car to be taken to Denpasar airport. |
| Justice department officials had earlier announced the 41-year-old’s release after 13 years in jail and that all processes for her release, including a health check, had been completed. | Justice department officials had earlier announced the 41-year-old’s release after 13 years in jail and that all processes for her release, including a health check, had been completed. |
| “We have issued a release from the prison and the prison has already conducted a health check and the result is the prisoner was healthy,” a white-shirted senior official told the media outside the jail. | “We have issued a release from the prison and the prison has already conducted a health check and the result is the prisoner was healthy,” a white-shirted senior official told the media outside the jail. |
| “This is the paper that shows she is now a free woman,” he said, indicating the document. | “This is the paper that shows she is now a free woman,” he said, indicating the document. |
| Lawrence was arrested at Bali’s main airport in April 2005 with 2.7kg of heroin strapped to her body as part of an attempt to smuggle a total of eight kilograms of heroin into Australia. | Lawrence was arrested at Bali’s main airport in April 2005 with 2.7kg of heroin strapped to her body as part of an attempt to smuggle a total of eight kilograms of heroin into Australia. |
| The former panel beater from Newcastle in New South Wales has been held in three different Bali prisons. The most recent was Bangli prison, in mountainous eastern Bali, where local and foreign media crews have gathered. | The former panel beater from Newcastle in New South Wales has been held in three different Bali prisons. The most recent was Bangli prison, in mountainous eastern Bali, where local and foreign media crews have gathered. |
| The prison governor, Made Suwendra, has described Lawrence as a cooperative and quiet inmate who made friends with other prisoners and contributed to communal life in the penal institution, which is next to rice fields. | The prison governor, Made Suwendra, has described Lawrence as a cooperative and quiet inmate who made friends with other prisoners and contributed to communal life in the penal institution, which is next to rice fields. |
| Lawrence was allowed to take personal possessions, and handicrafts she made inside Bangli, back to Australia. | Lawrence was allowed to take personal possessions, and handicrafts she made inside Bangli, back to Australia. |
| A local doctor who visits Bangli prison is reported to have prescribed antidepressants to help Lawrence cope with anxiety before her long-awaited chance for a new start in life. | A local doctor who visits Bangli prison is reported to have prescribed antidepressants to help Lawrence cope with anxiety before her long-awaited chance for a new start in life. |
| Lawrence is facing two arrest warrants from NSW police that have been outstanding since 2005. One alleges she was involved in a high-speed chase in a stolen car. | Lawrence is facing two arrest warrants from NSW police that have been outstanding since 2005. One alleges she was involved in a high-speed chase in a stolen car. |
| But the NSW police commissioner, Mick Fuller, has indicated a deal with her lawyers was more likely than handcuffs on the tarmac. | But the NSW police commissioner, Mick Fuller, has indicated a deal with her lawyers was more likely than handcuffs on the tarmac. |
| On Wednesday the home affairs minister, Peter Dutton, said he had no sympathy for Lawrence and rejected suggestions she should be shown leniency. “If you commit that offence, there is a heavy penalty to pay, and it doesn’t give you credit when you get back to Australia,” he told Sky News. | On Wednesday the home affairs minister, Peter Dutton, said he had no sympathy for Lawrence and rejected suggestions she should be shown leniency. “If you commit that offence, there is a heavy penalty to pay, and it doesn’t give you credit when you get back to Australia,” he told Sky News. |
| Five other Bali Nine members remain imprisoned in Bali, one died from cancer in May and the other two, Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, were executed by firing squad in 2015. | Five other Bali Nine members remain imprisoned in Bali, one died from cancer in May and the other two, Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, were executed by firing squad in 2015. |
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