Lindsay Sandiford, 56, from Gloucestershire, was on yesterday sentenced to death by firing squad in Indonesia for attempting to smuggle
cocaine worth $2.5 million in her suitcase onto the resort island of Bali.
State prosecutors had called for the housewife to be jailed for 15 years but
she was told today that she would be put to death for her crime.
Lindsay had claimed in court that she was forced to take the
drugs into the country by a gang that was threatening to hurt her children but
the court wasn't interested in her reasons. She was arrested in May 2012 when
customs officers at Bali's airport discovered 3.8 kilograms of cocaine in the
lining of her luggage. Two other British citizens and an Indian have already
been convicted and sentenced to prison in connection with the bust. Lindsay
plans to appeal the sentence.
Wow! I think they should get tougher on drugs here in the US as well. I am not sure putting someone to death is the answer, but something has to be done! It's out of hand!
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