Overview
- Sandiford left Bali around 12:30 a.m. local time Friday and arrived at London Heathrow after a roughly 20-hour journey on a UK-funded ticket.
- She was repatriated alongside fellow Briton Shahab Shahabadi, who had been serving a life sentence for drug offences in Indonesia.
- The transfer followed ministerial sign-off, with Indonesia citing her age and poor health; she appeared in a wheelchair at a Kerobokan prison press event before departure.
- Britain’s deputy ambassador in Jakarta said she will be subject to UK law and procedures on arrival, while officials declined to specify immediate legal steps.
- Sandiford was sentenced to death in 2013 after 4.8 kg of cocaine were found in her suitcase in Bali, and the new agreement allows Indonesia to seek similar transfers of its nationals from the UK.