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| Lindsay Sandiford in her Kerobokan death-row cell |
The Prime Minister, who is on a tour of Indonesia, raises case of British grandmother convicted of dug trafficking
David Cameron has raised the case of Lindsay Sandiford, the British grandmother on death row, with his Indonesian counterpart.
Mr Cameron discussed her case with President Jokowi of Indonesia at a meeting in Jakarta.
Sandiford, who is in her late fifties and originally from Redcar, Teesside, was sentenced to death in January 2013 in Bali after being convicted of trafficking drugs.
She was found with cocaine worth an estimated £1.6 million as she arrived in Bali on a flight from Bangkok, Thailand.
She can expect to be killed by firing squad.
Asked about the case, the Prime Minister said: “On the issue of prisoners, I always raise these issues wherever I travel around the world, and will do so here.
“I want to do it in a way I hope will help the family concerned, and obviously will listen to the concerns of the families and their views before doing these things. That is the right way to proceed - to try and help.”
Sandiford admitted the offences, but claimed she had been coerced by threats to her son’s life. She has appealed against the case without success.
In April the Indonesia authorities
executed eight convicted drug smugglers, including two Australians, who had been jailed alongside Sandiford. She said she was “deeply saddened” by their “senseless, brutal” deaths.
