British grandmother on Indonesia death row arrives back in London
On November 7, Lindsay Sandiford, a 69-year-old British grandmother who had spent years on death row in Indonesia for drug trafficking, returned to the United Kingdom after being released on humanitarian grounds.
Sandiford had been sentenced to death in 2013 on the island of Bali for attempting to smuggle cocaine worth about US$2.14 million. Indonesia is known for enforcing some of the harshest drug laws in the world. However, in the last year, the country has gradually released several high-profile inmates under humanitarian or bilateral arrangements.
Her release coincided with that of Shahab Shahabadi, 36, who had been serving a life sentence following his drug-related conviction in 2014. Both individuals reportedly left Bali on a Qatar Airways flight bound for London via Doha.
“Their detention will be moved to the United Kingdom,” said Mr. I Nyoman Gede Surya Mataram, an official from Indonesia’s law and human rights ministry, during a handover ceremony at Bali’s Kerobokan jail on November 6.
Upon her arrival at Heathrow Airport’s Terminal 4, Sandiford, escorted by security staff, was seen in a wheelchair with her face partially covered by a jacket. She did not make any public statements.
Author’s summary
A British woman once sentenced to death in Indonesia for drug trafficking has returned to the UK after her release on humanitarian grounds, concluding one of Bali’s most followed legal cases.
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