Concerning health update on woman who was waiting to be executed by firing squad in Bali

There's been a concerning update in the case of Lindsay Sandiford, the British grandmother who has been on death row in Indonesia for over 12 years.

Sandiford, 69, was found with roughly 11lb of cocaine (thought to be worth around $2.1 million) in her suitcase back in May 2012.

At the time, Sandiford claimed that she was forced to smuggle the drugs by a criminal gang, claiming that they had allegedly threatened to kill her son. However, in January 2013, she was found guilty and handed a death sentence in Indonesia.

Just this week, there was a dramatic update in the case, and it was revealed that Sandiford would soon be released and able to return home to the UK.

In a recent update to Sandiford's case, the British gran has been granted freedom and will soon return to the UK.

There's been an update in Lindsay Sandiford's case (SONNY TUMBELAKA/AFP via Getty Images)

An Indonesian government source said: “The practical arrangement will be signed today. The transfer will be done immediately after the technical side of the transfer is agreed.”

However, in a new update on Thursday (October 23), a senior Indonesian minister for legal affairs, Yusril Ihza Mahendra, has explained that Sandiford is 'seriously ill' and has been examined by a doctor from the British consulate.

"Lindsay is old and sick," he told Reuters.

"In prison she had good behaviour so that was enough reason to satisfy the request from the United Kingdom government that she be returned home and complete her sentence there."

Sandiford is set to return to the UK (SONNY TUMBELAKA/AFP via Getty Images)

One person who has been supporting Sandiford is Rev. Christie Buckingham, a pastor at Bayside Church in Melbourne, who is currently in Indonesia.

"We are deeply grateful for the courageous compassion shown by President Prabowo Subianto and the Indonesian government in their commitment to repatriate Lindsay Sandiford on humanitarian grounds," Buckingham told Metro.

"After 13 years, she is keen to be back home with her family. She will forever be grateful for this second chance."

Sandiford is set to be flown back to the UK despite previously giving up hope that she would be released.

The grandmother is said to be unwell (SONNY TUMBELAKA/AFP via Getty Images)

Heather Mack, who had previously served a 10-year-sentence in the same prison, spoke to the Mirror about Sandiford losing hope and her final wish regarding her execution.

For her final wish, Sandiford asked that when she is executed her family don’t come and that they don’t make a fuss about her.

She added: “My attitude is 'If you want to shoot me, shoot me. Get on with it'.”

Mack also previously said that she was aware that Sandiford was spending all of her days ‘pretty much alone in her cell’ and stopped mixing with other prisoners.