MOSCOW, August 30 (RAPSI) - The sentence handed down to Lindsay Sandiford, a British woman in her late 50s sentenced to death by firing squad in Indonesia after having been caught with a large quantity of cocaine in the Bali airport, has been upheld on appeal, the London Evening Standard reported Friday. 

According to the report, a panel of three judges in the Supreme Court of Jakarta unanimously denied Sandiford’s appeal. 

Sandiford has not yet exhausted her legal options in the case, according to the appeal, which notes that she will have the option of seeking judicial review, as well as the option of appealing for a pardon from the president. 

Two days after being sentenced to death in late January, Sandiford appealed to England seeking an order compelling the Secretary of State to arrange for the availability of funds for an adequate legal team to assist in her efforts to appeal.

Specifically, Sandiford sought £8,000 – a discounted rate offered by the Indonesian lawyer of her choice. Having no funds of her own, she sought government assistance to supplement third-party donations she had been receiving.

The Secretary of State’s denied the request, based on the following policy rationale, quoted by the court from the guide Support for British Nationals Abroad: “Although we cannot give legal advice, start legal proceedings, or investigate a crime, we can offer basic information about the local legal system, including whether a legal aid scheme is available. We can give you a list of local interpreters and local lawyers if you want, although we cannot pay for either.”

Sandiford appealed the decision. 

The Court of Appeals of England and Wales released a judgment in May detailing the reason for its decision to dismiss the appeal.

Notably, the decision mentioned that she may no longer be in need of the government’s assistance at all: “It seems that, since the date of the hearing, she has received by third party donations the whole of the sum that is required. It may, therefore, be that the appellant no longer has an interest in the outcome of the appeal.”