Corby's lawyers to request trial extension

Schapelle Corby's lawyers will request a two-week extension when her drug trial reopens tomorrow.

Bali's High Court is scheduled to start hearing new testimony backing Corby's claims that 4.1kg of marijuana found in her luggage at Bali airport last October was put there by someone else, possibly baggage handlers at Brisbane airport.

Defence lawyer Hotman Paris Hutapea said yesterday that the extra time would give Corby's team time to produce more witnesses, including an unidentified Australian police officer.

So far the defence team has managed only to lock in two witnesses - an Indonesian legal academic and the head of the Bali police anti-drug squad, Bambang Sugiarto, who will be cross-examined about alleged failings in the police case.