Renae Lawrence
| Renae Lawrence | |
|---|---|
| Born | 11 October 1977 |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Other names | Member of the Bali Nine |
| Occupation |
Panel beater Caterer |
| Criminal penalty | 20 years' imprisonment |
| Criminal status | Imprisoned |
| Conviction(s) | Drug trafficking (2006) |
| Partner(s) | |
| Comments | Received a five–month remission of her sentence in 2009 |
| Imprisoned at | Bangli, Bali, Indonesia |
| Notes | |
Renae Lawrence (born 11 October 1977) is an Australian former hospitality worker and panel beater who was convicted in Indonesia for drug trafficking as a member of the Bali Nine. In 2005, on her third trip to Bali, Lawrence was arrested at Ngurah Rai International Airport in Denpasar with 2.689 kg (5.93 lb) of heroin concealed on her body. After a criminal trial, in which she cooperated with investigators and informed on the ringleaders, she was sentenced on 13 February 2006 to life imprisonment, despite prosecutors' call for a 20-year penalty. Her appeal to the Indonesian Supreme Court to have the life sentence reduced was successful, and on 26 April 2006 was given a sentence of 20 years' imprisonment.
Lawrence had been serving her sentence at Kerobokan Prison but was moved to a prison in Negara, Bali, in late 2013. She was moved there without prior warning after authorities accused her of a plot to kill jail guards. In March 2014, she was again transferred, at her request, to a prison in Bangli to be closer to Denpasar for her family and visitors.
She was previously given a five-month remission of her sentence on Merdeka Day in 2009. Her earliest release date is in February 2026.
Lawrence, from Newcastle in New South Wales, came from a and for most of her teen and early adulthood years she lived with her same sex partner and mother of three children, who was ten years older than Lawrence. After the relationship with her partner ended, Lawrence moved back in with her mother and stepfather. Her father commented on Lawrence, who was 27 at the time of her arrest, as being generally naïve and unworldly:
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