US EditionBritish man sentenced to 10 months in Bali for drug offenses after death penalty charge dropped
- On May 20, 2025, Thomas Parker, a 32-year-old British national from Cumbria, was handed a 10-month jail term by the Denpasar District Court in Bali, Indonesia.
- Parker was taken into custody on January 21 after police observed him behaving suspiciously while picking up a package containing more than one kilogram of MDMA at a villa close to the well-known tourist area of Kuta in Bali.
- Initially charged with drug trafficking, which carries a potential death penalty by firing squad in Indonesia, the charge was reduced to hiding information after investigators found the drugs were not directly linked to Parker.
- A panel of three judges reduced Parker's sentence due to his lack of prior convictions and his expression of remorse, despite prosecutors initially requesting a one-year term on May 6; following the sentencing, Parker confirmed he would abide by the decision and forego an appeal.
- Parker will be released after serving time credited from his arrest date, illustrating Indonesia's strict drug laws where around 530 people, including 96 foreigners, remain on death row mostly for drug offenses.
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The Independent
The Independent (US)British man sentenced in Bali after facing death penalty over MDMA package
Thomas Parker was sentenced after allegedly collecting drugs from a motorcycle taxi driver in Bali
British man jailed after facing death by firing squad over MDMA package
Police found Thomas Parker had no ties to the package (Picture: AP) An electrician from Cumbria has avoided being sentenced to death after he was initially accused of smuggling a kilo of MDMA into Bali. Thomas Parker, 32, was arrested at a villa on Kuta Beach on January 21 for allegedly trying to push a package filled with 1kg of MDMA. He initially faced a drug-trafficking charge, which carries the death penalty in Indonesia, but that was droppe…
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British man sentenced to 10 months in Bali for drug offenses after death penalty charge dropped
A court on the Indonesian tourist island of Bali has sentenced a British man to 10 months in jail for drug offenses after a charge that could carry the death penalty was dropped.
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