BY JARROD MELMETH

Bali Nine drug smuggler Renae Lawrence has avoided gaol time after being convicted of charges relating to car theft in 2005.

The 41-year-old faced Newcastle Local Court on Tuesday where she was placed on a 12-month community corrections order, disqualified from driving for three months and fined $1000.


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Lawrence had stolen a white Ford Laser hatch at Enfield at about 4am on March 26, 2005, and was driving at 130km/h in a 90 zone at Mooney Mooney before her arrest.










A month later she was caught at Bali Aiport with 2.7 kilograms of heroin strapped to her body and jailed for 20 years.









Renae Lawrence arrives at Newcastle Local Court for sentencing.

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