Bali death row woman 'deeply saddened' by execution of 'reformed men'

A woman who is on death row in Indonesia said she is "deeply saddened" by the "senseless, brutal deaths" of two Australians who were among eight convicted drug smugglers reportedly executed in the country.

Lindsay Sandiford, from Redcar, is facing death by firing squad for drugs offences. She said Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan "touched the lives of a great many people" after helping to rehabilitate fellow prisoners.

The men's executions by firing squad reportedly took place in Besi prison on the island of Nusakambangan despite calls from the Australian government to delay the killings.

The eight people reportedly killed included Nigerian nationals, a Brazilian and an Indonesian.

The execution of Filipina woman Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso was delayed after a request by the Philippine president, a spokesman from the attorney general's office told the BBC.

Ringleaders Chan and Sukumaran along with seven other Australians were arrested in Bali in 2005 for trying to smuggle more than 18lb (8.2kg) of heroin from Indonesia to Australia.

The other seven members of the "Bali Nine" are currently serving either life or 20 years in prison.

Lindsay Sandiford was sentenced to death in January 2013 in Bali after being convicted of trafficking drugs.

She was found with cocaine worth an estimated £1.6 million as she arrived in Bali on a flight from Bangkok, Thailand, in May 2012.

She admitted the offences, but claimed she had been coerced by threats to her son's life, and has since appealed against her sentence without success.