Convicted UK grandmother loses legal funding case

Europe January 31, 2013

Convicted UK grandmother loses legal funding case

LONDON (AP) — A court has ruled that the U.K. government didn't act unlawfully when it refused to fund a British woman's appeal against a death sentence in Indonesia.

Lindsay June Sandiford was found guilty last week by a court in Bali for smuggling cocaine worth $2.5 million in her suitcase onto the resort island. Lawyers for the 56-year-old grandmother had said that she had no legal assistance and that her family has run out of resources. They argued that the British government has a duty to protect the human rights of its citizens and fund a lawyer to represent her.

On Thursday, two judges at London's High Court dismissed the case, saying an appeal had "no reasonable prospect of success."

Subjects
Locations
- Indonesia,
- Western Europe,
- Europe,
- Southeast Asia
Organisations
- United Kingdom government

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