First Picture of Death Row Grandmother Lindsay Sandiford Back on British Soil
Lindsay Sandiford, 69, a British grandmother once sentenced to death in Indonesia for smuggling £1.6 million worth of cocaine into Bali, has returned to the United Kingdom. She was photographed arriving at Heathrow Airport’s Terminal 4 on Friday.
Sandiford, wearing black leggings and a green cardigan, was seen in a wheelchair and used her clothing to partially cover her face. Her return follows a humanitarian agreement between Jakarta and London allowing her and another British prisoner to be repatriated.
According to reports, the British government covered the £600 cost of her flight. Before leaving Bali, Sandiford attended a handover ceremony at Kerobokan Prison alongside 35-year-old Shabab Shahabadi, another British inmate serving a life sentence for drug-related charges.
The two were transported to Denpasar International Airport and officially handed over to British officials before boarding their flight home.
“Lindsay Sandiford and Shahab Shahabadi have serious health conditions and are being repatriated on humanitarian grounds,” stated Matthew Downing, the UK's deputy ambassador to Indonesia.
Author’s Summary
After more than a decade on Indonesian death row, Lindsay Sandiford returned to the UK through a humanitarian agreement between Britain and Indonesia.