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Three British Defendants Apologise in Bali as Prosecutor Proposes One-Year Terms

Made Dipa Umbara urged the judge to impose one-year sentences ahead of the July 24 ruling under laws that carry the death penalty for drug trafficking.

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Overview

  • In Denpasar Central Court on July 15, Lisa Stocker, Jon Collyer and Phineas Float apologised for carrying £300,000 of cocaine hidden in Angel Delight packets and said they had been unaware of the drugs’ presence.
  • Prosecutor Made Dipa Umbara asked the court to replace the mandatory death penalty with one-year prison terms for each defendant, subtracting time already served.
  • Judge Heriyanti is due to deliver verdicts and sentences on July 24, nearly six months after the trio’s February arrest at Ngurah Rai International Airport.
  • Lindsay Sandiford remains on death row in Kerobokan Prison after her 2013 conviction for smuggling £1.6 million of cocaine, funding ongoing legal appeals by selling knitted items.
  • Indonesia has enforced a de facto moratorium on executions since 2017, though about 130 inmates—including 96 foreigners—still await possible firing-squad punishment.