Three Britons who tried to smuggle £300,000 worth of cocaine into Bali are reportedly set to be deported from the paradisic island after they were spared the firing squad.
Mother-of-three Lisa Stocker, 39 from East Sussex, was arrested with her partner in February after being stopped at Bali’s international airport with 17 packets of the dessert Angel Delight that were stuffed with nearly a kilogram of cocaine.
She appeared in Denpasar central court in July alongside husband Jon Collyer, 39, and Phineas Float, 31.
All three admitted to trafficking drugs onto the Indonesian island, a crime that can carry the death sentence thanks to harsh laws.
But, The Mirror reported, a judge at Denpasar Central Court instead gave them each just one year in prison.
The newspaper reported that, given time served, the trio of smugglers will be back in the UK by next month.
A source told the paper: ‘The three of them can consider themselves very lucky. Other people have spent years behind bars for similar crimes – some even told that they’d be executed.’
The court heard Float agreed to take part in the plot for a ‘reward’ of 500,000 Indonesia Rupiah – the equivalent of just £22.50.
(L-R) Lisa Stocker, Jonathan Collyer and Phineas Float of Britain walk inside a court room in July ahead of their trial
(L-R) Phineas Float, Jonathan Collyer and Lisa Stocker of Britain sit inside a court room for their trial at the Denpasar district court, in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, July 15 2025
During one hearing in court, Ms Stocker maintained that she had no idea that a suitcase and several sachets of Angel Delight powdered dessert were full of narcotics.
Her husband, Mr Collyer, showed remorse and told Judge Heriyanti: ‘I won’t do it again.’
And Mr Float, also from East Sussex, said he was ‘very stupid’ and apologised to the court.
If the quantity is large but not enough for the death penalty, life in prison is a common sentence. The country has upheld a moratorium on the death sentence since 2017.
Sheiny Pangkahila, the lawyer representing the three British defendants, suggested in February that, if convicted, her clients could each face prison sentences between 15 to 20 years.
But local prosecutor Made Dipa Umbara has already called to ‘sentence the defendants to one year in prison’ each, minus time already served.
He noted that they had behaved well in court, acknowledging their wrongdoings, and pledged not to repeat their mistakes.
Balinese customs officers halted Stocker and Collyer at the airport X-ray machine after finding ‘suspicious’ items in their suitcases on February 1.
Ms Stocker said previously that a friend gave her the packets of Angel Delight in the UK to take on to Bali. She claimed she had been set up.
‘Jon and I had been to Bali twice carrying packages from [him]. I was shocked after finding out it was cocaine,’ she said.
Collyer previously told the court he had not received any payment and that he paid for the trip to Bali himself.
