Briton death penalty shock

The government said it strongly objected to the death penalty imposed on a British woman who trafficked drugs to Indonesia.

Lindsay Sandiford, 56, originally from Redcar, Teesside, was arrested in May last year after police in Bali said they found 10.6lb (4.8kg) of cocaine worth £1.6million in the lining of her suitcase.

There were gasps of surprise at Denpasar District Court when the sentence was passed, as not even the prosecution had been seeking the death penalty.

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