Major update on Brits who smuggled £300k worth of drugs into Bali using Angel Delight sachets
There has been a major update on the Brits who smuggled £300k worth of drugs into Bali using Angel Delight sachets.
Lisa Stocker, 39, her partner, Jon Collyer, 39, and accomplice Phineas Float, 31, were arrested in Indonesia back in February after officials discovered around 993.56 grams of cocaine, which is thought to be worth about £272,000.
Their case was seemingly just the start as a number of other Brits are still facing jail time after being caught smuggling a huge amount of drugs abroad, with teenager Bella May Culley currently pregnant behind bars in Georgia.
Lisa and Jon were discovered with the drugs after travelling through Doha International Airport in Qatar, with prosecutors claiming that they had brought the drugs from England to Indonesia. Phineas was then arrested two days later after a police set-up saw the goods handed to him in a hotel car park.
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Despite Lisa's claiming that she was 'framed', there were serious concerns that the trio could face the death penalty, with Indonesia's strict laws on drug smuggling meaning that a firing squad could have even been used to execute them.
The UK couple had previously begged for their freedom but eventually they confessed to their crimes to a judge at Denpasar central court earlier today (24 July).
Fortunately for them, the judge chose not to impose the death penalty after they admitted smuggling the narcotics into the island, and instead handed each of the trio a one-year sentence in Indonesia, before they are likely booted out of the country.
Given they have already been serving time since being arrested in February, it is likely that they could be back in the UK just a short while into 2026.
During an appearance at court last week, Lisa said: "I didn't know the packages were cocaine. I apologise. From now on I won't trust people so easily and will be more careful."
She was comforted by her husband Jon, who simply said: "I won't do it again."
Float took a less subtle approach, telling journalists outside the court to 'f*** off' and later said: "I was very stupid to take the packages of cocaine. I regret it and apologise."
It is expected that they will serve their sentence at the infamous Kerobokan Prison, which has been described as a nightmare and has been home to a British grandmother for the last 12 years after she was discovered with £1.2 million worth of drugs in her suitcase back in 2012.
James Moorhouse