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Drug Possession: British Grandmother Lindsay Sandiford, 56, sentenced to death in Indonesia for drug smuggling

“drug trafficking” “Drug” “drugs” “Lindsay Sandiford” “cocaine” “Gloucestershire” “Sandiford” “Lindsay Sandiford death sentence” “Breaking news” “News” “Breaking Today” “UK News” A 56-year-old British woman has been sentenced to death in Indonesia for drug trafficking. Lindsay Sandiford was arrested in May after Bali police, carrying out a routine customs check, found 4.8kg (10.6lb) of cocaine in the lining of her suitcase. Sandiford, from Gloucestershire, has insisted she was set up and coerced into bringing the drugs to the island. She was held after a flight from Bangkok, Thailand. Prosecutors had recommended a 15-year sentence of imprisonment, But the judges said there were no mitigating circumstances and the defendant did not appear to care about the consequences of her actions. They said Sandiford has damaged the image of Bali as a tourism destination and weakened the government’s anti-drugs programme. Penalty opposed Sandiford, who is originally from Redcar in Teesside, was accused of being at the centre of a ring involving three other Britons. Last year, Paul Beales was sentenced to four years for possession of drugs and Rachel Dougall was jailed for one year for failing to report a crime. The drug possession trial of Julian Ponder, from Brighton – who is believed to be Dougall’s partner – is still taking place. He is alleged to have collected cocaine from Sandiford. Sandiford’s case had been taken up by the British human rights charity Reprieve, who said she had …
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