Brit gran Lindsay Sandiford who has spent 12 years on death row in Bali will FINALLY be sent back to UK

BRIT grandma Lindsay Sandiford is set to return to the UK after spending 12 years on death row in Bali.

The 69-year-old has been holed up in Indonesia for drug trafficking but is now being repatriated back to the UK “immediately”, a government source has said.

Brit Lindsay Sandiford is returning to the UK after 12 years on death row in Bali

Sandiford seen at a news conference at the Customs Office at Ngurah Rai International Airport in Bali back in 2012Credit: Reuters

The mum-of-two from Yorkshire will be returning alongside fellow Brit Shahab Shahabadi.

An Indonesian government source said today: “The practical arrangement will be signed today.

“The transfer will be done immediately after the technical side of the transfer is agreed.”

Sandiford was sentenced to death in Bali in January 2013 for drug trafficking after she was found with cocaine worth an estimated £1.6 million.

The amount found on the inner lining of her suitcase as she tried to leave Denpasar Airport was around 4.7kg.

Sandiford had no previous convictions but was handed a death sentence after claiming a UK-based drug syndicate forced her to smuggle cocaine from Thailand to Bali.

She told a Bali court the crime gang threatened to kill one of her two sons in Britain if she refused to cooperate.

The gangster granny was facing a firing squad over the conviction.

In response to the strictest sentence possible, the British embassy in Indonesia condemned the decision.

They announced that the UK “remains strongly opposed to the death penalty in all circumstances”.

In a statement to the House of Commons, Hugo Swire, Minister of State for the Foreign Office also highlighted the conviction.

He said: “We are aware that Lindsay Sandiford is facing the death penalty in Indonesia.

“We strongly object to the death penalty and continue to provide consular assistance to Lindsay and her family during this difficult time.” 

Sandiford appealed her sentence on two separate occasions.

Once with the High Court in Bali and then again with the Indonesian Supreme Court but both were swiftly rejected.

After the failed attempts, Sandiford came out to say she had accepted dying in prison.

When asked if she feared the firing squad, Sandiford told the MailOnline: “It won’t be a hard thing for me to face anymore.

“Dying doesn’t bother me. I never thought I’d last this long to be honest.”

Sandiford playing with one of her granddaughtersCredit: Rex Features

Sandiford was sentenced to death in Bali in January 2013 for drug trafficking after she was found with cocaine worth an estimated £1.6 millionCredit: PA:Press Association

Sandiford, originally from Redcar in Teeside, said she was going to sing the Perry Como hit Magic Moments in her final moments to stay positive.

Indonesia hasn’t carried out any form of execution since 2016.

They killed one of its own citizens and three Nigerian drug convicts by firing squad.

While inside the hellish Kerobokan prison other inmates are said to have branded her as “foul mouthed” and “antagonistic”.

She was forced to endure a life of pain after developing arthritis while locked away inside a cramped 16ft-by-16ft cell she shares with four other female prisoners.

But due to the longevity of her sentence, Sandiford is said to have been allowed to lead a knitting class, report the Daily Mail.

The move to send back Sandiford and fellow con Shahabadi follows a slew of high-profile foreign inmates being shipped back home in Indonesia.

President Prabowo Subianto’s administration has started to repatriate many criminals sentenced to life over drug offences over the past 10 months.

In February, Frenchman Serge Atlaoui, 61, was sent home after 18 years on death row.

And in December, Filipino Mary Jane Veloso reunited with her family after nearly 15 years on death row in tearful scenes.

It is believed that almost 90 prisoners on death row in Indonesia are foreigners, according to Indonesia’s Immigration and Corrections Ministry.

Sandiford weeped in court as she heard her sentencing in 2013Credit: AFP

Sandiford appealed her sentence on two separate occasionsCredit: AFP