Schapelle’s mum Rosleigh Rose has finally allowed herself to start celebrating her daughter’s release.
As Schapelle was being bundled in and out of prison vans to complete the paperwork on her parole, Ros was in Loganlea in Queensland popping champagne with about a dozen family and friends.
Chanting “We are celebrating’’ Ros danced and jumped for joy, raising her glass and saying “this is for you my baby daughter’’.
“I’ve never felt those feelings before. It was just beautiful to see my beautiful Schapelle walk out of those doors,’’ Ros told Channel Seven.
She said she felt like she was beside her youngest daughter helping her push through the media scrum.
Schapelle’s family, especially her sister and fiercest supporter Mercedes are well prepared to meet Schapelle’s parole conditions following her release.
The 36-year-old will now live with her sister Mercedes in her small townhouse in Kuta.
While living there she will have to abide by strict parole conditions, including good behaviour, dressing appropriately, and having nothing to do with drugs or misbehaving in any way.
Schapelle must be supervised for another three years and, although her sentence will expire in 2016, she won’t be able to leave until mid-2017.
The concern now is how Schapelle will cope with ongoing media attention as she begins life outside the cell which has been her home for the past nine years.
