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Lindsay Sandiford, pictured, believes that she will be executed by the end of the year for smuggling drugs
She was sentenced to death after Indonesian police linked her to almost five kilograms of cocaine
Ambulances with the bodies of the eight men executed by Indonesia overnight, including Australians Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, were pictured arriving at Cilacap port from the prison island
The grandmother told a friend she was 'utterly heartbroken' at the news about Chan, who she had befriended in Bali's squalid Kerobokan prison.
The Australian pair were the first to die in the latest round of executions tonight after a final KFC bucket meal.
She said: ' If they kill someone as good as Andrew, what hope is there for me?
'I just want to get it over with. I feel like just giving up.'
Andrew Chan (right), who befriended Sandiford in prison, and Myuran Sukumaran (left) were killed today
At Cilacap port, anti-death penalty protesters began playing 'Hallelujah' just prior to news of the deaths today
Sandiford says Chan – who was sentenced to death in 2005 for masterminding the so-called Bali Nine heroin smuggling plot – helped her cope in jail after she was given her death penalty two years ago.
She said: ' I really admire Andrew. He's been an incredible help to me and he would be there for anyone who genuinely needed help inside the prison.
'The heart of the prison has gone since they left. They organised rehabilitation projects. If it wasn't for them, we wouldn't have running water on the blocks, or the classes in painting, cookery and computers.'
Chan – who turned to Christianity and was ordained in prison earlier this year – told Sandiford shortly before his transfer to Execution Island that he was reconciled to his fate.
He said: 'I'm not afraid to die but I
The Australian pair were killed by a firing squad on Bali's 'death island', Nusa Kambangan tonight
Sandiford has been languishing on death row in Bali since being convicted of attempting to smuggle £1.6million of cocaine through the island's airport in 2012.
She maintains she was forced to transport the drugs to protect her children, whose safety was at stake.
The British government refused a request to pay Sandiford's legal fees for her appeal.
The British grandmother said she 'really admired Andrew', who was executed today by the firing squad
Reformed drug smugglers Andrew Chan (left) and Myuran Sukumaran (right) were put to death tonight
Tonight, ambulances carrying the corpses of Chan and Sukumaran arrived from the 'death island' where they were shot dead.
The families of Chan and Sukumaran released a statement following the executions.
'Today we lost Myuran and Andrew. Our sons, our brothers,' they said.
'In the ten years since they were arrested, they did all they could to make amends, helping many others. They asked for mercy, but there was none.
'They were immensely grateful for all the support they received. we too, will be forever grateful.'
The others executed were Indonesian Zainal Abidin, Brazilian Rodrigo Gularte, Nigerians Sylvester Obiekwe Nwolise, Raheem Agbaje Salami and Okwudili Oyatanze, and Ghanaian Martin Anderson.
A law enforcement official was quoted saying: 'The executions went well, without any disruptions.'
Armed police lined the road at Cilacap port as the ambulances carrying the coffins of the executed men were transported through a crowd
The bodies were washed and formally identified by consular officials before being loaded into the coffins and transported from Nusa Kambangan Island
One of the lawyers for the Bali Nine drug traffickers took to Twitter shortly after their deaths were confirmed
He tweeted, 'I failed. I lost', which was followed by another message apologising for their deaths
Myuran Sukumaran's grief-stricken mother, Raji, pleads for her son's life as her husband Sam looks on
An Indonesian mobile brigade police team, believed to be an execution team, were photographed being taken on a boat to Nusakambangan island
A local television station broadcast a chilling re-enactment of how executions are carried out in Indonesi
In following through with the killings, the Indonesian government ignored agonised pleas for clemency from the prisoners' families and Australian and international officials.
All eight death row prisoners refused to wear blindfolds, choosing instead to face their executioners.
Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso - the Filipino drug mule who was the ninth convict sentenced to death - was spared after new information emerged about her case.
As news filtered through to the nearby port of Cilacap, supporters prayed and sung 'Amazing Grace'
Bali Nine supporters comfort each other at Cilacap after the harrowing news came through tonight
'We'll all keep fighting the death penalty for sure but it's not going to bring the boys back.'
One of the lawyers for the Bali Nine, Todung Mulya Lubis, saw the loss of the young Australian men as a personal failure.
'I failed. I lost,' he wrote on social media. 'I am sorry'.
Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso (centre) survived - spared after her alleged recruiter turned herself in
Mary Jane Veloso's family appear relieved after arriving at Nusa Kambangan port in Cilacap after their loved one was spared at the 11th
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