Michelle Leslie flies home

Convicted drug smuggler Michelle Leslie has flown back to Australia this morning after her forced deportation from Bali on her release from prison after serving three months for drug trafficking. (Wasn't that a mouthful.) People (except Australian Federal Opposition Leader Kim Beasley) will remember Michelle Leslie as the model who was arrested after being found with two ecstasy tablets in her handbag. (Mr Beasley - as evidenced during an interview yesterday - unfortunately one that was being recorded on video - will remember her as Michelle Lee, although after yesterday's gaffe, he may well now remember her as Michelle Leslie). You may also recall that Michelle changed from skimpy Western wear into more traditional Muslim garb during the course of her incarceration and trial. She had reportedly converted to Islam a month before her arrest. As the Muslim garb has now disappeared - and been replaced with what the Daily Telegraph describes as skintight jeans and a singlet top which exposed her stomach - there have been some suggestions that she was a "fake Muslim" to garner favour from the Indonesian courts. She denies these suggestions. She says she is a Muslim and will practise her faith with or without traditional Islamic headwear.