Budgie Nine 'very glad' to be back on home soil after arrest for Grand Prix stunt

By Josh Dye
Updated October 9 2016 - 5:13pm, first published October 7 2016 - 9:02pm
Nick Kelly, one of the nine Australians who stripped at the Formula One in Malaysia last weekend delivers a statement at Sydney International Airport on Friday. Behind him are Thomas Laslett and Edward Leaney, right. Photo: Daniel Munoz
Nick Kelly, one of the nine Australians who stripped at the Formula One in Malaysia last weekend delivers a statement at Sydney International Airport on Friday. Behind him are Thomas Laslett and Edward Leaney, right. Photo: Daniel Munoz
Just a bit of fun: Australia's Budgie Nine celebrate Daniel Ricciardo's win in the Malaysian Grand Prix. Photo: AP
Just a bit of fun: Australia's Budgie Nine celebrate Daniel Ricciardo's win in the Malaysian Grand Prix. Photo: AP
Edward Leaney and Jack Walker leave court in Sepang, Malaysia. Photo: Joshua Paul
Edward Leaney and Jack Walker leave court in Sepang, Malaysia. Photo: Joshua Paul
Two of the nine Australians who stripped at the Formula One in Malaysia leave Sydney Airport. Photo: Daniel Munoz
Two of the nine Australians who stripped at the Formula One in Malaysia leave Sydney Airport. Photo: Daniel Munoz
Jack Walker, centre, and his father John Walker, left, arrive at Perth international airport on Friday afternoon. Photo: Diimex
Jack Walker, centre, and his father John Walker, left, arrive at Perth international airport on Friday afternoon. Photo: Diimex

The final member of the so-called 'Budgie Nine' - the Australians arrested in Malaysia after stripping down to budgie smugglers emblazoned with the Malaysian national flag at the Grand Prix - has arrived back on home soil.

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