Overview
- The UK-funded flight carrying Sandiford departed Denpasar around 12:30 a.m. Friday local time, Indonesian officials said.
- The repatriation stems from an October transfer deal signed by minister Yusril Ihza Mahendra and UK foreign secretary Yvette Cooper.
- Sandiford, 69, was sentenced to death in 2013 after 4.7–4.8kg of cocaine was found in her suitcase upon arrival in Bali in 2012.
- Indonesian authorities and a British consular doctor say she is seriously ill, and officials indicated she is expected to receive hospital care after landing in London.
- She traveled with fellow Briton Shahab Shahabadi, who is serving a life sentence, and her post-arrival detention status remains unclear as Jakarta says she will stay in prison and the UK declines to speculate.