Freed British Drug Mule Gran Faces Imprisonment in UK
The Foreign Office has not disclosed what will happen to Lindsay Sandiford upon her return to the UK tomorrow. However, an Indonesian official stated, [translate:“In England, she will remain in prison.”]
Lindsay Sandiford, a 69-year-old gran and former legal secretary, touched down on British soil after more than a decade on death row in Indonesia. She was seen in a wheelchair, experiencing freedom for the first time in 13 years after leaving Bali's notorious Kerobokan jail.
Wearing a mask and shielding her face from photographers, Sandiford was quickly taken to Denpasar International Airport and boarded a Qatar Airways flight. Her £600 plane ticket, funded by the UK, was secured after Keir Starmer negotiated a bilateral agreement with Indonesian authorities for her release.
She is reported to be in very poor health as she undertakes the 20-hour journey back to Britain.
This marks the conclusion of a difficult chapter in Sandiford's life, during which she was sentenced to death for smuggling £1.6 million worth of cocaine into Indonesia.
[translate:“In England, she will remain in prison.”] — I Nyoman Gede Surya Mataram, Indonesia's Deputy Minister for Immigration and Correctional Coordination
Sandiford left her cell in Kerobokan jail shortly after 2pm GMT.
Summary: Lindsay Sandiford, freed after 13 years on death row in Bali, faces imprisonment upon her return to the UK amid serious health concerns.
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