Family & friends of 3 Brits facing death penalty in £300k Bali coke smuggling plot reveal horror as trio's fate awaits

Scottish Sun

06-06-2025

THE family and friends of three Brits facing the death penalty after being accused of a £300,000 coke smuggling plot have revealed they are in "deep shock".
Jon Collyer, 37, and Lisa Stocker, 39, both of Gillingham, Kent, are charged with attempting to smuggle 1kg of cocaine into Bali on February 1.
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Brits, from left, Float, Jonathan Collyer, and Lisa Stocker are escorted by security officers before the start of their trial
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The trio are charged with attempting to smuggle cocaine worth £300k into Bali
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The defendants face the three judges who will decide their fate at Denpasar's District Court
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A third Brit, Phineas Float, 31, who was allegedly due to receive the pair, was arrested a few days later.
The three Brits face death by firing squad if they are found guilty of the offence under Indonesia's tough anti-drug laws.
Members of their families and friends have now spoken of their horror over the drug arrests.
Julian Collyer, dad of Jon, said: "I'm in deep shock, to be honest.
"I'm very, very worried as any father or parent would be. I'm concerned about the court case and just very worried."
Speaking to the DailyMail, the East Sussex dad revealed he spoke to his son for the first time in three weeks.
A family member of mum Lisa Stocker, who wished to remain anonymous, said her kids "are desperate without her".
She added: "She's just a mum. Her kids are going to be desperate without her.
"It doesn't bear thinking about. I'm so shocked and I can't sleep at night thinking about what might happen to her."
Stocker and Collyer allegedly brought the drugs into Bali's Ngurah Rai International Airport via Doha airport in Qatar.
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The pair was arrested at the airport when security officials discovered suspicious items in their suitcase during a random X-ray check.
Police claim airport security seized 994.56g of cocaine in sealed blue plastic Angel Delight packets in Collyer's suitcase.
Cops allege more cocaine was found in Stocker's bag.
It's claimed Float was expected to meet Collyer and Stocker at the airport.
Collyer and Stocker are being tried together and Float separately, although the trio appeared together in Denpasar earlier this week.
The trio's fate will be decided by three judges, since Indonesia does not have a jury system.
Float was all smiles as he faced the court in Bal earlier this week.
He told journalists to 'f**k off' as he was led to face drug trafficking charges.
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Float, on the right, told journalists to 'f**k off' as he was led to face drug trafficking charges
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He hurled abuse at the press while being walked to a holding cell
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Collyer and Float were seen grinning at local media during an earlier court appearance
He arrived in a prison van at Bali's Denpasar Central Court with his wrists shackled and wearing a red prison vest over a white shirt.
The Brit hurled abuse at the press while being walked to a holding cell.
Article 113 of Indonesia narcotics law states that anyone who imports or distributes drugs is subject to the death penalty.
The three have been held in Bali's notorious Kerobokan prison and it has been reported that Float has gotten into fights with other inmates.
Prison authorities threatened him with being thrown into the feared 'rat cell' isolation over an alleged recent brawl with another inmate.
Around 530 people, including 96 foreigners, are on death row in Indonesia, mostly for drug-related offences, according to the country's Ministry of Immigration and Corrections.