'I execute prisoners in a firing squad, we rely on dark method if killing fails'

Brit Lindsay Sandiford faced the prospect of a grim execution in Bali for drug smuggling, but is now returning to the UK. Here, a firing squad member reveals chilling details of the Indonesia executions she escaped

A member of an execution squad has harrowingly revealed the horrors that would have awaited British grandmother Lindsay Sandiford , had she not been released.

Indonesia is notorious for its brutal punishments for crimes like drug trafficking, with most culprits sentenced to death, and the method of execution is grim. One police officer has detailed the harrowing firing squad method and what exactly happens.

British grandmother Lindsay Sandiford , 69, was threatened with an execution after she was handed a death sentence in 2013 for smuggling £1.6million worth of cocain