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Dear Phillip, do you have kids? More specifically, do you have a daughter? If you have one, I’m sure you can truly understand the unspeakable pain and grief of Schapelle’s mother - and as the deeply honest cop you are, I’m guess you’d do everything in your power to correct an injustice, especially the deep injustice of a young woman (with her her whole life before her), jailed for 20 years for a crime she didn’t commit. But there is a way you can help, let me ex-plain.

Maybe no-one has brought these issues to your attention before? That’s all I can think of, because a man of your standing wouldn’t let this travesty continue for one second longer than necessary, I know that.

Schapelle has no criminal convictions in Australia, and no known criminal connections. No members of her family have any know connections to drug trafficking. Before her arrest in Bali, she was working in a fast food outlet, and

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(contd.) saved the hard earned cash to pay for her trip. The $40,000 worth of marijuana that was found in her boogie board bag was worth about a tenth of that in Bali, and she was the first Aussie ever convicted of importing a commercial quantity of marijuana into Bali from Australia.

Isn’t that bizarre, are you shaking your head yet? A young woman, with no criminal connections and an excellent work history, the first Aussie ever to import 4.2 kg of marijuana into Bali from Australia, and at an astounding loss. Truly ground breaking. But guess what? Like Alice Down the Rabbit Hole, it gets weirder and weirder.

Schapelle begged for forensic testing. DNA and finger prints may have shown whether or not she had any physical connection to the marijuana, or (even more importantly), if any known crime figure in Australia had a connection. Now, I know you might find this a bit hard to believe, but the Indonesians refused, and then burnt the evidence. Even more startling, Australia didn’t use the Mutual Assistance Treaty to press the point. I was

gobsmacked about that, because, surely, it could have nabbed the Australian supplier? I thought the Australian police would be desperate find out.

But wait, the Alice analogy gets even spookier. Former AFP Chief Mick Keelty obviously had a “Hatter” moment when he claimed Schapelle refused forensic testing of the haul, because the Australian Consulate in Bali issued a certificate which clearly shows the opposite. Maybe Mick didn’t know about the certificate?

It then goes from bad to awful (if that’s possible). Schapelle also begged to have her luggage weighed. If it was 4.2 kg heavier in Bali, than it was at Brisbane Airport, it would have pointed to corruption at Australian airports. This next bit’s amazing. The Indonesians refused. Do you believe that? (contd.)

(contd.) And then incredibly, the Australian Police didn’t make a fuss about it. Truly wacky don’t you think? Surely to goodness, they were desperate to uncover any corruption at Australian airports? The weight was vital.

So there you have it, a young Australian woman, with no criminal profile, in possession of $40,000 worth of marijuana, the first person ever to import a commercial quantity from Australia to Bali (at an astounding loss), and begging for evidence that would have condemned her if she was guilty. I smell a rat. You’re a very experienced policeman Phillip, do you smell one too?

Now, this where you come in. As I’m sure you know, your former Assistant Director Mark Standen (now in prison awaiting trial on very serious corruption charges), was running Operation Mocha at Sydney Airport, the exact hour Schapelle flew, and involving the very same terminal. Isn’t that a strange co-incidence? Mark was also helped in this endeavour (on that day), by his

criminal informant, code named “Tom.”

Phillip, did you know “Tom” has a serious history of trafficking marijuana (I have the film clipping, and main stream press reports)? But it gets worse. You’ll be horrified.

Ray Cooper, former Head of Operations for the AFP’s internal investigations, said it was well known that corrupt insiders used the luggage of innocent passengers to shift drugs between domestic airports.

Is it possible that under Mark Standen’s watchful eye, “Tom” was up to his usual trick of hi-jacking passengers luggage, to shift large amounts of marijuana between domestic airports? Is it possible Mark Standen corruptly covered up for his “Mate when things went horribly wrong, and a consignment ended up winging it’s way to Bali?

C’mon, Phillip, who would finger for this caper? Schapelle or “Tom”? Be reasonable, I’m sure you’ve got more than half an ounce of common sense. I have, that’s why (contd.)

Above, Mark StandenBelow, Schapelle Corby

Marijuana found in Schapelle’s bag

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(contd.) I’ve asked the Queensland Police, and the Australian Federal Police, to investigate the export and supply of $40,000 worth of marijuana from Australia (to Bali), in 2004. Simple really, I just rang up Crime Stoppers, and reported an offence. Had you ever thought of doing that? I can give you the number.

Seems these crimes were never investigated, in fact, it’s appalling. Would you believe that all the CCTV footage, from three airport terminals (on the very same day Schapelle flew), disappeared into a black hole, and was never seen again. Poor woman begged to get some, because she said it would clear her.

I was blown away. Can you tell me Phillip (as you’re the expert), is the supply and export of $40,000 worth of marijuana an offence in Australia? I’ve spoken to an Australian Federal Policeman who reckons it’s a crime, which makes Brisbane domestic, Sydney domestic and Sydney International terminals “Crime scenes.”

Aren’t you supposed to expertly save all crime scene evidence straight away? What happened to all that CCTV? From THREE airports (at once), no less? Wasn’t that “Crime scene” evidence? Did Mark Standen make sure it all vanished, to keep his (criminal) mate “Tom” out of the frame?

Tom has never held a job or had a legiti-mate income. He was a cannabis smoker at school and on leaving he quickly moved into the drug trade as a supplier. His pro-gression from small-time dealer to large-scale trafficker was swift. He became part of a network aligned to an outlaw motor-cycle gang whose drug operations were centred in Adelaide but spread to most states and territories of Australia.As well as cannabis, Tom trafficked in ecstasy and cocaine. He carried a gun. Once he kidnapped another dealer who had ripped off his South Australian bikie drug suppliers and put him in a car for delivery to the Adelaide gang. Tom told a

court that he never saw the drug dealer again but that he didn’t consider it a kid-napping because ‘He never asked to get out [of the boot].’ Clive Small (“The Punch’)

And Phillip, in another twist of the Rabbit Hole, Schapelle packed her holiday bags at a duplex on the Gold Coast, and then stayed over night at her mother’s address on Brisbane’s southside. But despite allegations she exported $40,000 of marijuana, neither location was searched or investigated by police. It’s a similar story with Schapelle’s phone and bank records. All ignored by officialdom. Bizarre when you think about it. $40,000 worth of marijuana doesn’t turn up in a young girl’s luggage out of thin air, especially a young girl with no known criminal connections or record. Obviously, there’s a link to organised crime, but a link to who? “Tom,” or Schapelle?

What’s the explanation for all the “Missing” CCTV, which simultaneously disappeared into thin air at three airports, despite the fact “Operation Mocha” was in full swing? What was the problem? Don’t tell me it wasn’t important to keep a CCTV record of millions of dollars worth of cocaine passing through our airports?

Was there no investigation into Schapelle’s “Supplier” because the police knew full well Schapelle had no “Supplier”? Did they know that their heavily protected scroat “Tom” had just stuffed up very, very badly? All the evidence seems to point that way. Was it more important to protect a police snitch, than preserve the rights of an innocent woman? Or was the truth just too terrible for public consumption?

You know Phillip, I’m a Mum, and as Mum, I tend to get very upset about things like this. That’s why I told your officer (to-day), we’d sit outside Mark Standen’s trial, demanding you do a full investigation (of “Operation Mocha,” and it’s relationship to Schapelle Corby), if it’s still brushed under the carpet by then. But then I thought no, you’re a good, decent and honourable man. You’ll listen to sense, and do the right thing. I’ll just write to you . . .

LEFT, ABC 4 CORNERS “STRETCHING THE LAW”