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| Briton Julian Ponder facing Bali court drugs verdict | |
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| An Indonesian court is due to deliver its verdict in the case of a British man accused of drug offences. | An Indonesian court is due to deliver its verdict in the case of a British man accused of drug offences. |
| Julian Ponder was cleared of smuggling but faces a lesser charge of possession which carries a life sentence. | Julian Ponder was cleared of smuggling but faces a lesser charge of possession which carries a life sentence. |
| Ponder was one of three Britons detained after Lindsay Sandiford, 56, from Cheltenham, was arrested for smuggling cocaine into Bali last year. | Ponder was one of three Britons detained after Lindsay Sandiford, 56, from Cheltenham, was arrested for smuggling cocaine into Bali last year. |
| Sandiford was sentenced to death and is suing the UK Foreign Office for not supporting her appeal. | Sandiford was sentenced to death and is suing the UK Foreign Office for not supporting her appeal. |
| Prosecutors in Bali are seeking a seven-year prison term for Mr Ponder. | Prosecutors in Bali are seeking a seven-year prison term for Mr Ponder. |
| The two other Britons were also cleared of trafficking and received sentences of four years and one year each. | The two other Britons were also cleared of trafficking and received sentences of four years and one year each. |
| Sandiford, 56, from Cheltenham, was arrested on drugs charges in May 2012 and sentenced to death by firing squad last week by a panel of judges at the district court in Denpasar, Bali. | Sandiford, 56, from Cheltenham, was arrested on drugs charges in May 2012 and sentenced to death by firing squad last week by a panel of judges at the district court in Denpasar, Bali. |
| She claimed she had been coerced into carrying a suitcase into the country by criminals who threatened her family. | She claimed she had been coerced into carrying a suitcase into the country by criminals who threatened her family. |
| Legal charity Reprieve said the UK government was in breach of its obligations to Sandiford as a British citizen. | Legal charity Reprieve said the UK government was in breach of its obligations to Sandiford as a British citizen. |
| Reprieve said Sandiford, originally from Redcar, Teesside, had no money for an appeal after exhausting her family's finances to pay for a lawyer for her trial. | Reprieve said Sandiford, originally from Redcar, Teesside, had no money for an appeal after exhausting her family's finances to pay for a lawyer for her trial. |
| Charitable donations | Charitable donations |
| The charity said the appeal involved filing a complicated legal document in Indonesian, which she does not speak, by 12 February. | The charity said the appeal involved filing a complicated legal document in Indonesian, which she does not speak, by 12 February. |
| Reprieve, and solicitors Leigh Day & Co, have filed a judicial review in the UK on Ms Sandiford's behalf against the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. | Reprieve, and solicitors Leigh Day & Co, have filed a judicial review in the UK on Ms Sandiford's behalf against the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. |
| This argues that: "In failing to make arrangements for an adequate lawyer to represent the claimant's interests the defendant is acting unlawfully, in breach of its obligations as a matter of EU law, to take all reasonable steps to ensure that she does not face the death penalty, is not subjected to inhumane and degrading treatment, is not tortured and receives a fair trial." | This argues that: "In failing to make arrangements for an adequate lawyer to represent the claimant's interests the defendant is acting unlawfully, in breach of its obligations as a matter of EU law, to take all reasonable steps to ensure that she does not face the death penalty, is not subjected to inhumane and degrading treatment, is not tortured and receives a fair trial." |
| Reprieve said Sandiford was relying on charitable donations for basic provisions such as food and water. | Reprieve said Sandiford was relying on charitable donations for basic provisions such as food and water. |
| Sandiford was sentenced to death despite the prosecution seeking a 15-year sentence. | Sandiford was sentenced to death despite the prosecution seeking a 15-year sentence. |
| Harriet McCulloch, from Reprieve, said: "Everyone knows that capital punishment means that those without the capital get the punishment. Lindsay's poverty means that she has ended up sentenced to death after a manifestly unfair trial." | Harriet McCulloch, from Reprieve, said: "Everyone knows that capital punishment means that those without the capital get the punishment. Lindsay's poverty means that she has ended up sentenced to death after a manifestly unfair trial." |
| Sandiford's MP, Martin Horwood, called on the Foreign Office to review its policy on Britons facing the death penalty abroad. | Sandiford's MP, Martin Horwood, called on the Foreign Office to review its policy on Britons facing the death penalty abroad. |
| The Foreign Office said the UK government did not fund legal representation abroad but Sandiford's case was being dealt with through diplomatic channels. | The Foreign Office said the UK government did not fund legal representation abroad but Sandiford's case was being dealt with through diplomatic channels. |