Why the return of Bali Nine members Martin Stephens and Matthew Norman to Australia is bittersweet - after 19 years behind bars
3 months ago

Why the return of Bali Nine members Martin Stephens and Matthew Norman to Australia is bittersweet - after 19 years behind bars

Daily Mail  

The remaining Bali Nine members are back on home soil as free men - but the bittersweet news brings fresh heartache for some. Martin Stephens married Christine Puspayanti in 2011, five years after they first met Martin Stephens was forced to return to Australia without his Indonesian wife Matthew Norman is another Bali Nine member who has made a happy life with wife Anita. The pair fell in love and tied the knot behind bars in April 2011 in front of 100 guests that included both their families and the other eight Bali Nine members - Andrew Chan, Myuran Sukumaran, Chen, Czugaj, Tan Duc Thanh Nguyen, Norman, Rush and Renae Lawrence. Matthew Norman has shared many happy memories with his wife Anita and young stepdaughter Stella from behind bars Matthew Norman's stepdaughter Stella is now 15 The family have since made the most of relaxed visitor rules that allow them to spend up to three hours a day together and turned the prison into a bizarre home from home for them. Anita's daughter Stella was a toddler when Norman started to date her mother and is now a doting stepfather to the teenager 'The department carefully considers the merits of each application on a case by case basis, taking into account all information available to the delegate at the time of decision and the applicants' individual circumstances,' a spokesperson told Daily Mail Australia.

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Bali Nine members arrive back in Australia after serving 19 years behind bars - with 'top secret operation' bringing them home
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