• iconNews
  • videos
  • entertainment
  • Home
  • News
    • UK News
    • US News
    • Australia
    • Ireland
    • World News
    • Weird News
    • Viral News
    • Sport
    • Technology
    • Science
    • True Crime
    • Travel
  • Entertainment
    • Celebrity
    • TV & Film
    • Netflix
    • Music
    • Gaming
    • TikTok
  • LAD Originals
    • Say Maaate to a Mate
    • Daily Ladness
    • Lad Files
    • UOKM8?
    • FreeToBe
    • Extinct
    • Citizen Reef
  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • LADbible Group
  • UNILAD
  • SPORTbible
  • GAMINGbible
  • Tyla
  • UNILAD Tech
  • FOODbible
  • License Our Content
  • About Us & Contact
  • Jobs
  • Latest
  • Topics A-Z
  • Authors
Facebook
Instagram
X
Threads
Snapchat
TikTok
YouTube

LAD Entertainment

YouTube

LAD Stories

Submit Your Content
British Gran on death row awaiting execution has chilling final wish

Home> News> World News

Updated 17:49 22 Oct 2023 GMT+1Published 16:24 22 Oct 2023 GMT+1

British Gran on death row awaiting execution has chilling final wish

The grandmother has been behind bars for a decade

Ben Thompson

Ben Thompson

A British grandma on death row in a Bali prison for drug smuggling once revealed her final wish.

Lindsay Sandiford, 67, has spent a decade behind bars when she was caught attempting to smuggle £1.6 million of cocaine into Indonesia from Bangkok.

She was found guilty of the crime in December 2012 and sentenced to death by firing squad the following month.

However, given that the South East Asian country doesn't carry out these executions regularly, the former legal secretary has been in limbo for over a decade.

Advert

This means that she has been apart from her sons who have started families of their own since she was put behind bars.

The Mirror reports that the Cheltenham-based mum knitted various items in her cell, which she would sell to raise funds for her legal bills.

Whilst behind bars, Sandiford got friendly with Heather Mack, who was serving a 10 year sentence for killing her mother.

Lindsay Sandiford has been in jail for over ten years.
SONNY TUMBELAKA/AFP via Getty Images

Mack claimed that Sandiford struggled whilst locked up and became increasingly withdrawn: "She spends all day pretty much alone in her cell and doesn’t mix so much with the other prisoners."

Advert

The American killer, who ultimately served seven years, revealed what Sandiford's final wish was: "She has said she wants to die."

Sandiford said: "It won't be a hard thing for me to face anymore.

"It's not particularly a death I would choose but then again I wouldn't choose dying in agony from cancer either."

The British gran is currently being held in Kerobokan prison, which was built in 1979 to hold 320 prisoners.

But as of 2017, almost 1,300 inmates were being packed into the penitentiary, and the issue of overcrowding remains even after a newly built facility was launched in 2018.

Advert

Sandiford is still waiting to hear when her execution date will be, and until then she is left in limbo.

Lindsay Sandiford was caught smuggling cocaine in a suitcase.
SONNY TUMBELAKA/AFP via Getty Images

She previously separated from her husband and made the decision to move to India in 2012, only to then get caught up in the drugs bust.

After she was caught, Sandiford claimed she was pressured into carrying the drugs by a gang who had made threats against her children, and her lawyers also argued she was suffering from mental health problems.

Speaking to the court during her trial, she expressed regret over her involvement, stating: "I would like to begin by apologising to the Republic of Indonesia and the Indonesian people for my involvement.

Advert

"I would never have become involved in something like this but the lives of my children were in danger and I felt I had to protect them.”

Featured Image Credit: SONNY TUMBELAKA/AFP via Getty Images

Topics: Crime, UK News

Ben Thompson
Ben Thompson

Advert

Advert

Advert

  • Chilling final wish of British grandmother who has spent 11 years awaiting execution on death row in Indonesian prison
  • Final wish of British grandmother revealed after she has spent 12 years on death row with fresh ‘hope of being released’
  • Final hope of British grandmother who has spent 11 years awaiting execution on death row in Indonesian prison
  • British grandmother who has spent 12 years awaiting execution on death row had one major criticism of UK government

Choose your content:

6 hours ago
  • 6 hours ago

    Study suggests weight loss jabs like Mounjaro could stop you getting dementia and other serious health problems

    Mounjaro was recently rolled out on the NHS

    News
  • 6 hours ago

    Paranormal investigator dies suddenly whilst on tour with haunted 'Annabelle' doll

    Dan Rivera's devastated family have shared a statement after his death

    News
  • 6 hours ago

    Donald Trump spotted pocketing Club World Cup winners medal on stage during final

    It seems the US President decided to keep hold of one of the medals for himself

    News
  • 6 hours ago

    All the unanswered questions about the Trump administration’s Epstein files chaos

    Attention is on the Epstein files once more, after pressure is being piled onto the Trump administration to release more information

    News