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SNOWING IN BALI

Andre was on the run for five months before his lawyer convinced him to turn himself in for sentencing. He'd advised Andre that, in absentia, the judge was required to give the maximum sentence but would probably give a small penalty if he surrendered.

My lawyer tells me, 'If you show your face, you have a chance to get a really, really small sentence.' So, I go to my lawyer's office and say, 'I'm here.' They give me 15 years for one crime, 15 years for another crime, and 7 for another crime – 37 years.

Were you shocked?

For sure.

– Andre

He was also ordered to pay $300 for repairs to the cut bars of the containers.

Andre was slammed into the maximum-security prison in Santa Catarina, a jail from which no one had ever escaped. Most inmates in Section 4, where Andre was now living, were serving multiple life sentences. 'For sure they put me in the worst place.'

The Greek was also there. Before long, both the playboys used their wheeler-dealer instincts to cut deals to make life a bit easier. The Greek paid for a job in the kitchen, and Andre paid $3000 to work in the library. So, instead of being locked up in his cell for the standard 22 hours a day, Andre was free to walk around the jail from 6 am to 8 pm, wheeling a supermarket trolley full of books.

The jail is really, really huge, 2000 people inside. It's like a city. At 6 am they open my door, and I take my supermarket cart, full of books,

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