Australian Corby spotted in Indonesian beauty salon

Australian drug trafficker Schapelle Corby, who is serving 20 years in jail in Indonesia, was spotted Wednesday in a beauty salon on Bali where she is serving her time.

Corby, found guilty of trafficking 4.1 kilograms (nine pounds) of marijuana in 2005, was escorted by two armed police officers as she emerged from the Gardenia Salon on the resort island, an AFP correspondent saw.

Wearing jeans, a blue cap and matching tank top, the 30-year-old tried to hide her face from journalists as she left the salon and was escorted back to an adjacent hospital where she was admitted last month for depression.

She made no comment and prison authorities were unavailable to clarify why she was allowed to leave the hospital, where she is under constant guard. Staff at the salon also refused to talk to the media.

Friends of the salon staff however said Corby had had her hair done and enjoyed a soothing spa treatment.

An employee of a nearby market said she also did some shopping there on Tuesday afternoon, again with an escort of two police officers.

"She spent quite a long time here, almost ...