Renae Lawrence

Who is Renae Lawrence?

Renae Lawrence, an Australian former hospitality worker and panel beater, 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 of heroin concealed on her body. After a criminal trial where she co-operated with investigators and informed on the ringleaders, on 13 February 2006 Lawrence was sentenced 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 a sentence of 20–years imprisonment was handed down.

Lawrence had been serving her sentence at Kerobokan Prison but was moved to a prison in Negara in late 2013. The prison is located next to the hospital in Negara. Lawrence was moved there without prior warning after alleged misconduct in Kerobokan Prison. It is yet to be determined what previous sentence remissions will be cancelled, however the Kerobokan Prison jail governor, I Gusti Ngurah Wiratna, has stated that he will be seeking for her most recent six month remission to be cancelled.