Yahoo Lifestyle Aussie 'Granny' tells: My tears for death row Aussies
Aussie expat Lizzie Love, pictured with Myuran Sukumaran, shares her story in this week's New Idea, on sale now. Photo: New Idea
Behind bars, expat Aussie Lizzie Love is affectionately known as the ‘Dadong Bule’ – or Granny White Person – of Bali’s notorious Kerobokan jail.
The tireless charity worker has been visiting Bali Nine drug smugglers Myuran Sukumaran, 33, and Andrew Chan, 31, on death row for the past seven years.
The men’s final pleas for mercy were rejected late last month and a last-ditch bid for a second judicial review into their case was knocked back last week.
The pair are said to be days away from facing the firing squad after Indonesia’s Attorney-General H. M. Prasetyo confirmed the young Australians would be among the second group of prisoners to be executed in Indonesia this year.
Lizzie, 68, is heartbroken, having witnessed first-hand Chan and Sukumaran’s rehabilitation and quest to make amends for their ‘rotten’ crime.
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Here, the retired retail executive tells, in her own words, of her overwhelming grief and anger at two wasted lives.
Of her friends ‘Myu’ and ‘Andy’ she says simply: "This could have happened to anyone’s son. We are all fools when we are young...
"The last time I saw Myu I knew we might never meet again. He is like my grandson, so I gave him a big hug and said: 'I am so scared for you.'
"He just smiled and replied: 'Thanks, Lizzie. You were always there when I was stuck.' He is stoic and has absolutely no anger. He is determined that whatever happens to him, he will be dignified and accept his fate.
"But he is fretting for his family. He adores his mother and whatever pain he sees on her sweet face rips him to pieces.
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