Indonesian court sentences French drug smuggler to death

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 kilograms (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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