BALI, Indonesia (Reuters) -A 69-year-old British woman who was on death row in Indonesia on drug offences departed the country early on Friday after Jakarta and London reached a deal to repatriate her and another prisoner on humanitarian grounds.

Lindsay Sandiford was sentenced in 2013 after she was found with 4.8 kg (10.6 lb) of cocaine, estimated to be worth more than $2 million, hidden in the lining of her suitcase when she arrived on the holiday island of Bali from Bangkok.

A second British national who was serving a life sentence for drug offences, Shahab Shahabadi, was repatriated with Sandiford.

The plane taking them to London left Bali at around 12:30 a.m. on Friday, said I Nyoman Gede Surya Mataram, an Indonesian government official.

Last month, Yusril Ihza Mahendra, a senior

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