Three Britons face one-year prison sentence in Indonesia, a surprising leniency in a country known for harsh penalties for drug offences.

Serge Atlaoui, a Frenchman on death row for drug offences, is escorted as he arrives for a press conference before being repatriated to his home country, at Soekarno Hatta International Airport in ...

French national Serge Atlaoui returned to his home country on Wednesday after spending 18 years on death row in Indonesia for alleged drug offences. Jakarta authorised Atlaoui's return on ...

Serge Atlaoui (center), a Frenchman on death row in Indonesia since 2007 for drug offenses, looks on during a press conference at Jakarta's Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, after ...

Serge Atlaoui, center, an ailing French national who has spent almost 20 years on death row in Indonesia for drug offenses, is escorted by security officers as he attends a news conference ahead ...

Serge Atlaoui (C, in white shirt and black facemask), a Frenchman on death row in Indonesia since 2007 for drug offences, arrives at Jakarta's Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang ...

Serge Atlaoui, who has spent almost 20 years in an Indonesian prison for drug offenses, won a last-minute reprieve from execution by a 13-member firing squad in 2015, after France’s government stepped ...

Serge Atlaoui, a Frenchman on death row for drug offences, talks with security officers before being repatriated to his home country, at Soekarno Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, near ...

Serge Atlaoui would be transferred via KLM flight KL 810, departing Jakarta for Amsterdam at 7:25 p.m. Jakarta time, before continuing on to France.

Arrested in 2005 and sentenced to death in 2007, Atlaoui has long maintained his innocence, claiming he was unaware of illegal activities on his worksite.

Indonesia sends ailing French national on death row back home Serge Atlaoui has spent almost 20 years in an Indonesian prison for drug offenses.

Serge Atlaoui, an ailing French national who has spent almost 20 years on death row in Indonesia ahead of his return to France (Tatan Syuflana/AP) ...