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British grandmother gets death for drugs in Indonesia's Bali

 
Published on Jan 22, 2013
2:24 PM
Lindsay Sandiford of Britain sitting at a courthouse during her trial in Denpasar, Bali island, Indonesia.  The 56-year-old grandmother was sentenced to death on Tuesday for smuggling cocaine into the resort island of Bali. -- PHOTO: AP

DENPASAR (AFP) - An Indonesian court on Tuesday sentenced a 56-year-old British grandmother to death for smuggling cocaine into the resort island of Bali.

"We found Lindsay Sandiford convincingly and legally guilty for importing narcotics... and sentenced the defendant to death," judge Amser Simanjuntak told Denpasar district court.

Sandiford was arrested at Bali's international airport in May with 4.79 kg cocaine stashed in her suitcase. Police have said she then helped mount a sting to net three Britons and an Indian on drugs charges.

The harsh sentence came as a surprise after prosecutors last month recommended Sandiford serve only 15 years in jail, saying she deserved leniency as she had admitted her crime and behaved politely in court.

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