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Bizarre scenes at Corby house as Schapelle vanishes after touch down

While Schapelle Corby's whereabouts remains unknown following her arrival at Brisbane airport this morning, the media has been met with strange scenes at her mother's home.

Men wearing Halloween type masks are seen at the home of the Rosleigh Rose, in Loganlea, south of Brisbane.

Weekend Sunrise reporters described an unknown masked man's bizarre behaviour as "jovial" saying he waved to reporters.

A masked man is seen at the home of Rosleigh Rose, mother of Schapelle Corby in Loganlea, south of Brisbane, Picture: AAP/Dave Hunt
A masked man is seen at the home of Rosleigh Rose, mother of Schapelle Corby in Loganlea, south of Brisbane, Picture: AAP/Dave Hunt

The 39-year-old, accompanied by her sister Mercedes, arrived on a Malindo Air flight that landed at 5.09am after being deported from Bali 12-and-a-half years after she was caught with 4.1kg of marijuana in her boogie board bag.

Corby is yet to be sighted following her departure from Brisbane airport early this morning after her security team took media on a wild goose chase with a motorcade of black Mercedes vans.

Mercedes has, however, been spotted arriving at the family home and ushered inside by security, but has not reappeared since.


An unknown woman was seen in one of the vehicles which arrived at the property carrying a bouquet of flowers and a bottle of champagne.

Among the vehicles was bodyguard John McLeod who shook hands with police who gathered at the home, before leaving.

Corby arrived home in Australia as a free woman after giving the media slip this morning, switching planes out of Bali at the last minute.

Corby was initially booked on Virgin flight VA46 - a photo of her boarding pass, seat 1A, was circulated on social media. But it was a decoy and she never boarded the flight, to the disappointment of photographers who missed the chance to snap her first moments of freedom.

Mercedes Corby arrives at the family home in Loganlea, south of Brisbane, this morning. Picture: AAP
Mercedes Corby arrives at the family home in Loganlea, south of Brisbane, this morning. Picture: AAP

Instead Corby travelled business class on a marginally earlier Malindo flight to Brisbane. Upon returning home, she left the airport via a non-public exit less than half an hour after her flight arrived.

Schapelle Corby has arrived home in Australia as a free woman after giving the media slip this morning, after switching planes out of Bali at the last minute. Picture: EPA
Schapelle Corby has arrived home in Australia as a free woman after giving the media slip this morning, after switching planes out of Bali at the last minute. Picture: EPA

Corby's return home comes 12 years after she was sentenced to 20 years in prison, where she served almost 10 years before being on parole for a further three years.

She flew out of Bali just after 10pm local time on Saturday after a chaotic final trip from her Kuta home to the parole office then to Denpasar Airport.