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A senior investigative journalist reveals the explosive results of his three year probe into Australia's most famous drug case. A reckless father, his dark past, an Adelaide drug trafficker and the Gold Coast beauty school dropout who kept her mouth shut. This is the explosive untold story of Schapelle Corby and how she took the rap for her father's drug syndicate.
The result of a three year investigation, Sins of the Father returns to the beginning of Australia's most famous drug case, to a time when nobody had ever heard the name Schapelle Corby. Finally, the missing pieces of the jigsaw fall into place as we are led, step by step, through the important weeks, days, and hours leading up to her dramatic arrest.
Shedding new light on her long-held claims of innocence, this is the book Schapelle's army of supporters do not want you to read.
Prologue ix
Part 1 Mick Corby and Friends
1 Meet the Corbys 3
2 Enter the Leg Model 13
3 Beyond the Sausage Factory 26
4 Mick, Mai and the Gang 40
5 4.2 Kilos 52
6 The Poet and the Stripper 59
7 The Law of Averages 67
8 Angel of Bali 78
9 A Woman Scorned 90
Part 2 Come and Party
10 The Invitation 101
11 The Boogie Board Came Late 110
12 Drunk and Disorderly 121
13 Welcome to Bali 129
14 Damage Control 139
15 The Brother-in-law 151
16 The Man oh the Plane 158
17 Praying for a Miracle 167
18 The Singing Lawyer 174
19 God's Plant 185
20 Creating the Baggage Handler Defence 194
21 Help Me, Australia 206
22 The Badger 217
23 Jailhouse Visit 224
24 A Flimsy Defence 232
25 The 60 Minutes Verdict 237
Part 3 The Morning After
26 The Blame Game 251
27 Granny Eastwood Rolls 263
28 Gotcha! 271
29 The Discovery 285
30 The Tooth Fairy 292
31 Sins of the Brother 304
32 Fed to the Wolves 315
33 Thirty Pieces of Silver 324
34 The Industry of Innocence 335
Part 4 On Release
35 Truth and Redemption 345
36 Mr Smoothie Comes to the Table 362
Part 5 Taking the Rap
37 In the Name of the Father 381
Epilogue 394
Acknowledgements 400
Overview
A senior investigative journalist reveals the explosive results of his three year probe into Australia's most famous drug case. A reckless father, his dark past, an Adelaide drug trafficker and the Gold Coast beauty school dropout who kept her mouth shut. This is the explosive untold story of Schapelle Corby and how she took the rap for her father's drug syndicate.
The result of a three year investigation, Sins of the Father returns to the beginning of Australia's most famous ...