Schapelle Corby's Defence Witness Jailed
May 26th 2006 09:38
On May 27 2005, Schapelle Corby, a beauty student from Queensland was sentenced to a 20 year jail term in Bali for the importation of 4.1kg of Cannibas into the country. Now, one year later, the story continues as a defence witness is sentenced to eight years in jail.
That witness is John Ford. Remember him? He was a prisoner at Port Phillip Prison and out of the blue it seemed, he was flown over to Indonesia in order to give evidence in Corby’s trial. The 42 year old male testified that while he was in prison, he overheard two men planning to place the marijuana in Corby’s luggage. According to Ford, Corby was an innocent traveller who had no idea the drugs were in her boogie board bag. He named Ron Vigenser, a fellow inmate, as the owner of the drugs. But the prosecutors in Corby’s case said that this evidence was inadmissible because it was all hearsay. The judge agreed.
When Ford was returned to his Australian prison cell, he was attacked, beaten and stabbed. Probably because he dobbed in Vigenser, though no one really spoke of it. Officials moved him to solitary confinement as a form of protection.
Today, he found himself in a county court where a jury found him guilty of a number of rape and stalking charges. On one occasion Ford broke into his victim’s house and left a blood soaked teddy bear on his victim’s bed. It makes you wonder if eight years in prison is really enough...
from www.morguefile.com
That witness is John Ford. Remember him? He was a prisoner at Port Phillip Prison and out of the blue it seemed, he was flown over to Indonesia in order to give evidence in Corby’s trial. The 42 year old male testified that while he was in prison, he overheard two men planning to place the marijuana in Corby’s luggage. According to Ford, Corby was an innocent traveller who had no idea the drugs were in her boogie board bag. He named Ron Vigenser, a fellow inmate, as the owner of the drugs. But the prosecutors in Corby’s case said that this evidence was inadmissible because it was all hearsay. The judge agreed.
When Ford was returned to his Australian prison cell, he was attacked, beaten and stabbed. Probably because he dobbed in Vigenser, though no one really spoke of it. Officials moved him to solitary confinement as a form of protection.
Today, he found himself in a county court where a jury found him guilty of a number of rape and stalking charges. On one occasion Ford broke into his victim’s house and left a blood soaked teddy bear on his victim’s bed. It makes you wonder if eight years in prison is really enough...
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