LAWYER DUMPS CORBY

SCHAPELLE Corby's flamboyant Jakarta lawyer has abandoned her case
just days after Indonesia's highest court threw out her appeal against
her drug-smuggling conviction.

Hotman Paris Hutapea said he had been volunteering his time to defend
the 28-year-old Gold Coast woman but now wanted to devote his energy
to cases that would make him money.

"I want to buy the new model Ferrari, so I have to make more money
now," said the self-proclaimed playboy, renowned for his designer suits.

"I'm getting bored of all my old cars."

Mr Hutapea joined Corby's legal team without fee late last year and
secured a five-year sentence cut on appeal to Bali's High Court.

But his flamboyant style failed to impress Indonesia's Supreme Court
in Jakarta. Last week, it reinstated Corby's original 20-year sentence.

Erwin Siregar, Corby's Bali lawyer, is preparing an extraordinary
appeal for Corby.