Mercedes Corby has won her defamation case against Channel Seven.

Corby took defamation action against Channel Seven Sydney Ltd, Seven Network Ltd and Australian News Channel, as well as her former best friend, Jodie Power, Today Tonight presenter Anna Coren and reporter Bryan Seymour.

The claims were that she had asked her then best friend, Jodie Power, to smuggle drugs into Bali; that she had confessed, herself, to smuggling marijuana; that she was guilty of smuggling marijuana; that she was knowingly involved in Schapelle Corby’s smuggling and that she had possessed marijuana.

Justice Carolyn Simpson said that it had been conceded on Ms Corby’s behalf that she had smoked marijuana but only on a few occasions years ago.

After a hearing lasting almost five weeks, the jury of three men and one woman found in Ms Corby’s favour tonight.

Source: smh.com.au