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Subscriber only Schapelle Corby s half brother James Kisina has admitted he would have claimed responsibility for the marijuana found in her boogie board bag had he anticipated the severity of the punishment in Bali and the decade-long nightmare his family would endure. A 16-year-old Kisina spent a sleepless night in a Bali prison cell with Corby in 2004 after he carried his half sister s bag containing 4.1kg of marijuana through customs. Recounting the ordeal in a revealing and emotional interview on podcast The Clink, out on Monday, Kisina, 32, maintained their innocence and said the overwhelming global spotlight on his family left him angry, lost and on a downward spiral to his own run-ins with the law in Queensland.
Crime by Amy Price
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Subscriber only Schapelle Corby s half brother James Kisina has admitted he would have claimed responsibility for the marijuana found in her boogie board bag had he anticipated the severity of the punishment in Bali and the decade-long nightmare his family would endure. A 16-year-old Kisina spent a sleepless night in a Bali prison cell with Corby in 2004 after he carried his half sister s bag containing 4.1kg of marijuana through customs. Recounting the ordeal in a revealing and emotional interview on podcast The Clink, out on Monday, Kisina, 32, maintained their innocence and said the overwhelming global spotlight on his family left him angry, lost and on a downward spiral to his own run-ins with the law in Queensland.
Schapelle Corby s half-brother wishes he took the blame for the 4kg of marijuana found in his sister s boogie board bag that had her jailed in Bali.
James Kisina was with Ms Corby when Balinese authorities discovered the illicit drugs at customs in Denpasar Airport in 2004.
He was thrown into a jail cell overnight with his half-sister and released the next day after Ms Corby told police she owned the boogie board bag.
Ms Corby was jailed for 20 years, eventually serving nine, while her brother, who was just 16 years old at the time, was released.
He said he repeatedly came back to the same thought while he was living a life of freedom: What if he had taken the blame for the drugs, just to spare his sister the anguish of prison life?