Last wish of the smuggler. For 10 years she waited in for the death penalty
67-year-old Briton Lindsay Sandiford has been waiting in a prison in Bali for her death sentence to be carried out for 10 years. She revealed her last wish to her cellmate. She ended up on death row for attempting to smuggle cocaine worth 1.5 million pounds into Indonesia.
Sandiford was found guilty back in December 2012. She was sentenced to death by firing squad in the following month. However, in the country where she was convicted, terms are not strictly adhered to, which has caused the woman to wait for the execution of the sentence for over 10 years now.
Since she went to prison, she had been separated from her sons, who had started their own families during this time. As reported by "The Mirror" the British woman in her cell knitted various items, which she would then sell to fund her legal support.
In prison, Sandiford became friends with Heather Mack, who was serving a 10-year prison sentence for killing her mother. Mack said that over time, the woman was increasingly withdrawing.
She spends the whole day alone in her cell and doesn't really associate with the other inmates - Mack said.
She ultimately served seven years in prison. She confessed that Sandiford shared her final wish with her. She was supposed to have said that "she wants to die" and that "it won't be as hard for her to face this situation anymore".
I wouldn't choose such a death, but on the other hand, I also wouldn't decide to die in agony from cancer - Sandiford said.
He is currently in Kerobokan Prison, built in 1979, which was designed to hold 320 prisoners. In theory. In practice, since 2017, this facility has even housed up to 1,300 people.
A move with tragic consequences
In 2012, Sandiford separated from her husband and decided to move to India. Unfortunately, there she was to be involved in drug trafficking. To the officers who arrested her, she explained that she did it because of a gang that was threatening her children. Meanwhile, the lawyers pointed out that Sandiford has mental health issues.
I would like to start by apologizing to the Republic of Indonesia and the Indonesian people for my actions. I would never have engaged in something like this, but my children's lives were in danger and I felt I had to protect them - Sandiford said during the trial.
