Indonesia to repatriate British grandmother on death row

Indonesia will sign an agreement on Tuesday to repatriate two British nationals, including a grandmother languishing on death row for drug-related crimes, an Indonesian government source told AFP.

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"The practical arrangement will be signed today. The transfer will be done immediately after the technical side of the transfer is agreed," the source said, identifying Lindsay Sandiford and 35-year-old Shahab Shahabadi as the people being transferred.

Sandiford, a grandmother, was sentenced to death on the island of Bali in 2013 after she was convicted of trafficking drugs.

Customs officers found cocaine worth an estimated $2.14 million hidden in a false bottom in Sandiford’s suitcase when she arrived in Bali on a flight from Thailand in 2012.

Shahabadi was arrested in 2014 on drug charges and is currently serving a life sentence, according to information shared by the source.

The government source listed Sandiford as 68 years old, though public information showed her to be 69.

The British embassy in Jakarta directed all queries to the Indonesian government.