Teesside grandmother on death row in Indonesia could be released
We've heard reports a Teesside grandmother - who's been imprisoned in Indonesia for more than a decade - may be allowed to return home
A grandmother who was facing execution by firing squad is due to be repatriated to the UK.
Lindsay Sandiford was convicted of drug trafficking in 2013, after being stopped at Bali airport, with £1.6 million pounds worth of cocaine in her suitcase.
She was given a death sentence, by firing squad, despite prosecutors asking only for a 15-year jail term.
The 69-year-old, who was originally from Redcar, Teeside, admitted the offences but claimed she was coerced by threats to her son's life, by a criminal network.
On Tuesday, an agreement was signed by Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper and Indonesia's Senior Minister of Law Yusril Ihza Mahendra, which means Sandiford, alongside fellow British national Shahab Shahabadi, 35, is set to be transferred to the UK.
Sandiford and Shahabadi could be returned to the UK in around two weeks - with both suffering severe health difficulties.
Speaking after signing the agreement, Ms Cooper said: "Both of them are facing problems.
"The first one is ill and has been examined by a doctor from the British Consulate in Bali. She is seriously ill."
In a statement, a spokeswoman for the Foreign Office said: "We are supporting two British nationals detained in Indonesia and are in close contact with the Indonesian authorities to discuss their return to the UK."
Indonesia's last executions were carried out in July 2016.