Indonesian court sentences French drug smuggler to death

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French national Felix Dorfin (C) is escorted prior to his appearance in court in Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara on the island of Lombok on April 29, 2019. – Prosecutors have accused Felix Dorfin of trafficking four kilogrammes (8.8 pounds) of cocaine, ecstasy and amphetamines. (Photo by ARSYAD ALI / AFP)

MATARAM, Indonesia (AFP) — An Indonesian court Monday sentenced Frenchman Felix Dorfin to death for drug smuggling, in a surprise verdict after prosecutors asked for a 20-year jail term.

“After finding Felix Dofin legally and convincingly guilty of importing narcotics … (he) is sentenced to the death penalty,” presiding judge Isnurul Syamsul Arif told the court in Lombok.

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