Lindsay Sandiford: Last News

A British grandmother living on death row can do nothing but knit and wait to be executed as she is locked up in a Bali prison for drug -smuggling.

cocaine smuggling British grandmother on Bali's brutal Death Row is waiting for the day she is led out to be shot in the heart.Lindsay Sandiford, 65, was jailed in 2013 after being caught with a suitcase of drugs worth a staggering £1.6million.On the same paradise island young Brits flock to on their travels each year, the former legal secretary from Redcar, Yorkshire can do little else but knit until her time is up. Built in 1979, Kerobokan Prison was designed to hold 300 inmates but inside its grim walls are over 1,400 male and female lags from around the world, left to waste away.Riots and constant spates of violence are reported as a result of the serious overcrowding, the Mirror reports.Like others behind bars in Bali, Sandiford's fate is to be executed but rather than by lethal injection as seen in certain American states, guards will open fire on her.

ITV documentary called British Grandma on Death Row with Susanna Reid.In 2002, ex-teacher Carty was found guilty of abuducting and murdering Joana Rodriguez in Texas.Horrified jurors heard how Joana, 25, was kidnapped and killed in 2001 just four days after giving birth to her son, Ray.The woman responsible for Joana’s awful death was found to be her British neighbour, Linda Carty, who was accused of trying to steal the victim’s newborn.She has waited anxiously on death row for 20 years after being sentenced to death by lethal injection.Brit citizen Carty, now 63, is appealing the decision.Speaking to Susanna Reid from Mountain View Unit, a maximum security prison in Texas, Linda said: “If I were guilty of this crime, I would have taken my punishment.“Anyone who knows the system knows Texas does not admit when they are wrong.

A British grandmother locked up in Bali for smuggling £1.6million of cocaine in her suitcase has revealed her final wish to friends.

For seven long years British grandmother Lindsay Sandiford has been locked up in jail on the paradise island of Bali.