Baggage handler stashed four kilograms of cannabis into Schapelle Corby's bag so he would not be caught with the drugs, a woman has claimed on Nine News tonight.
Corby is serving a 20-year term for smuggling more than four kilograms of marijuana to Bali in October 2004.
The woman, going by the name of "Sue", gave a sworn statement that a baggage handler "hid" a large bag of marijuana at the time Corby went through Brisbane Airport.
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Sue, a clinical counsellor with a remote area health service, told Nine she had been in a relationship with a baggage handler in October, 2004 - the month Corby went to Bali.
She said her boyfriend told her about the day a fellow employee came to work with a "big bag" of cannabis.
"When the supervisor came down, he got the shakes," she said.
"The first thing he did was look for somewhere to hide it and he grabbed one of the bags that was behind him and hid it in there."
Sue said she had come forward after all these years because her conscience had weighed heavily on her.
Corby's Australian lawyer, Kerry Smith-Douglas, told Nine Sue's statement should trigger another judicial review of the case in Indonesia.
And the first thing he did was look for somewhere to hide it. And he grabbed one of the bags that was behind him and hid it there.
"When he was talking about a big bag, he meant a big bag."
It remains unclear if Indonesian or Australian authorities will pay any attention to the claim.
Sue said she had come forward now because of her conscience.
"What if she is really innocent and she has to do 20 years? What if she doesn't make the 20 years?" she added.
Sue said she used to work as a clinical counsellor in north Queensland and signed a statutory declaration regarding her claims for the Nine Network.
She said she was happy to co-operate with police and could give them the name of one of the men allegedly involved.
Corby's Australian lawyer Kerry Smith-Douglas described Sue's statutory declaration as "extremely important".
It's not the first time claims have emerged about baggage handlers planting marijuana in Corby's bags.
In 2008 unionists demanded a public apology over an "outrageous allegation" that Australian baggage handlers tampered with Corby's luggage.
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