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Why British grandmother has spent last 11 years awaiting execution on death row in Indonesian prison

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Updated 15:29 27 Nov 2024 GMTPublished 15:28 27 Nov 2024 GMT

Why British grandmother has spent last 11 years awaiting execution on death row in Indonesian prison

Lindsay Sandiford has been at one of the toughest prisons in the world for over a decade

Jess Battison

Jess Battison

A British grandmother has spent the last 11 years awaiting execution on death row in an Indonesian prison.

Lindsay Sandiford has been held behind bars there since 2013 after trying to smuggle £1.6 million worth of cocaine into Bali from Bangkok, Thailand, in her suitcase.

Kerobokan prison is known as one of the toughest jails in the world and over her decade of being there, the Cheltenham woman has earned the nickname of ‘grandmother’ from her fellow inmates.

Sandiford has apparently taught her fellow prisoners to knit and apparently she even gets the odd special treat like medium-rare steak dinners, the Daily Mail reports.

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But of course, none of that changes the fact she’s spent the last 11 years or so awaiting her death at the prison.

The gran has been there for the last decade (SONNY TUMBELAKA/AFP via Getty Images)
The gran has been there for the last decade (SONNY TUMBELAKA/AFP via Getty Images)

While she was found guilty back in 2012 and sentenced to death by a firing squad a few months later, Indonesia doesn’t regularly carry out executions. In fact, there hasn’t been an execution there now for over six years.

And it seems there might be fresh hope she may not be executed at all.

Apparently, a new law coming into effect in January could see her death sentence change into a life term. This would be thanks to her managing more than 10 years of good behaviour behind bars.

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Then, with that, Sandiford’s lawyers could attempt to argue for her return to the UK, where she might be able to be released based on the time she’s already served over in Indonesia.

An inmate of the gran told the Mirror: “There is hope that she can go home.

“If she can get through to 2025 then she thinks she may be able to avoid the death penalty.”

She was sentenced to death in January 2013 (SONNY TUMBELAKA/AFP via Getty Images)
She was sentenced to death in January 2013 (SONNY TUMBELAKA/AFP via Getty Images)

Plus, in a little boost to her dark situation, British officials recently stepped up visits to see Sandiford from four times a year to once a month.

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Human rights barrister, Felicity Gerry KC, who visited the woman in 2015 has issued a fresh call for her return.

“Indonesia is taking an important step in recognising the need to commute the sentences of those subject to the death penalty, especially women” Gerry said.

"Lindsay co-operated with the authorities and explained levels of coercion that should have at least mitigated her position.

“The Government should be taking active steps to ­facilitate her return to the UK, either to serve a sentence near her family or to consider her release.”

Featured Image Credit: SONNY TUMBELAKA/AFP via Getty Images

Topics: Death Row, Drugs, Crime, World News

Jess Battison
Jess Battison

Jess is a Senior Journalist with a love of all things pop culture. Her main interests include asking everyone in the office what they're having for tea, waiting for a new series of The Traitors and losing her voice at a Beyoncé concert. She graduated with a first in Journalism from City, University of London in 2021.

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