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Brit gran facing firing squad for smuggling drugs tells executioners 'get on with it'
Lindsey Sandiford, 69, was arrested in Bali in 2012 for smuggling £1.6 million worth of cocaine and has been in prison ever since. She is now facing the death penalty
A British mum is on death row in Indonesia, facing execution by firing squad for drug smuggling. Lindsey Sandiford, 69, who has been behind bars for 12 years, has bluntly told her executioners to "Get on with it".
The Redcar-born mother-of-two was caught with a £1.6 million haul of cocaine in Bali in 2012. Indonesia's stance on drug offences is notoriously harsh, with most traffickers and dealers being sentenced to death.
According to the Daily Record, those sentenced to death in Indonesia are taken to an open area where they can choose to sit or stand while marksmen aim for their hearts. If necessary, a final shot to the head is delivered.
Initially, Sandiford claimed she was coerced into carrying the drugs due to threats against her family by a gang.
However, as the stark reality of her sentence loomed, she changed her story, implicating Julian Ponder, a British antiques dealer living in Bali, and his partner Rachel Dougall as part of the smuggling ring.
Dougall was sentenced to one year in prison for failing to report a crime, while Beales received a four-year sentence for cannabis possession, reports Chronicle Live.
Ponder was exonerated of drug trafficking charges but was handed a six-year sentence for narcotics possession.
Lindsay's ultimate desire has now become her overriding focus, as she confided in fellow inmate and suitcase killer Lois Heather Mack, with whom she's struck up a friendship behind bars.
The American was quoted by her saying: "It won't be a hard thing for me to face anymore. It's not particularly a death I would choose but then again I wouldn't choose dying in agony from cancer either.
"I do feel I can cope with it. But when it happens I don't want my family to come.
"I don't want any fuss at all. The one thing certain about life is no one gets out alive."
Amidst the grimness of her predicament, Lindsay expressed gratitude, noting that she feels "blessed" to have witnessed her two sons grow up and to have met her grandchildren.
Standing firm, she declared: "My attitude is 'If you want to shoot me, shoot me. Get on with it'."
Daily Star Sunday
Lindsey Sandiford, 69, was arrested in Bali in 2012 for smuggling £1.6 million worth of cocaine and has been in prison ever since. She is now facing the death penalty
A British mum is on death row in Indonesia, facing execution by firing squad for drug smuggling. Lindsey Sandiford, 69, who has been behind bars for 12 years, has bluntly told her executioners to "Get on with it".
The Redcar-born mother-of-two was caught with a £1.6 million haul of cocaine in Bali in 2012. Indonesia's stance on drug offences is notoriously harsh, with most traffickers and dealers being sentenced to death.
According to the Daily Record, those sentenced to death in Indonesia are taken to an open area where they can choose to sit or stand while marksmen aim for their hearts. If necessary, a final shot to the head is delivered.
Initially, Sandiford claimed she was coerced into carrying the drugs due to threats against her family by a gang.
However, as the stark reality of her sentence loomed, she changed her story, implicating Julian Ponder, a British antiques dealer living in Bali, and his partner Rachel Dougall as part of the smuggling ring.
Dougall was sentenced to one year in prison for failing to report a crime, while Beales received a four-year sentence for cannabis possession, reports Chronicle Live.
Ponder was exonerated of drug trafficking charges but was handed a six-year sentence for narcotics possession.
Lindsay's ultimate desire has now become her overriding focus, as she confided in fellow inmate and suitcase killer Lois Heather Mack, with whom she's struck up a friendship behind bars.
The American was quoted by her saying: "It won't be a hard thing for me to face anymore. It's not particularly a death I would choose but then again I wouldn't choose dying in agony from cancer either.
"I do feel I can cope with it. But when it happens I don't want my family to come.
"I don't want any fuss at all. The one thing certain about life is no one gets out alive."
Amidst the grimness of her predicament, Lindsay expressed gratitude, noting that she feels "blessed" to have witnessed her two sons grow up and to have met her grandchildren.
Standing firm, she declared: "My attitude is 'If you want to shoot me, shoot me. Get on with it'."
Daily Star Sunday