Bali Nine: Chan Married Hours Before Being Executed

A repentant drug smuggler was pictured smiling on his wedding day, looking lovingly into his bride's eyes just moments before being executed by a firing squad.

Andrew Chan, alongside seven other death row inmates, refused to wear blindfolds and sang Amazing Grace at the Indonesian prison in the moments leading up to their death. 

Eight of the convicts - known as the Bali Nine - were tied to crosses, with officers using cable ties as a 12-man team shot them after being found guilty of smuggling drugs.

Chan, the ringleader of the group, had reformed in the hope that following pleasfrom the international community his and the lives of his fellow prisoners would be spared.

But Indonesian authorities pursued their death sentences last night, apart from the ninth prisoner, a Filipino woman named Mary Jane Veloso, who received a last-minute temporary reprieve.

And today a heartbreaking picture emerged of Chan marrying his bride Febyanti Herewila, who he met in prison, smiling happily the day before he was due to be executed.

The image shows him holding his bride's hand with a care-free grin on his face as he places a ring on her finger at their prison wedding on Nusakambangan island.

Overnight, ambulances with the bodies of the eight men executed were pictured arriving at Cilacap port from the prison island.

Alongside Chan, those executed included fellow Australian Myuran Sukumaran,along with four Nigerians, a Brazilian and an Indonesian.

All were sentenced to the death penalty in 2006 after being found guilty of being behind a heroin-smuggling ring.

Lawyer Peter Morrissey, who represented Mr Chan and Mr Sukumuran told Sky News Australia: "We had hope all along because there were good arguments to be put.

"We thought, in the end, they will listen, but when [Indonesian president Joko Widodo] came along it was just about power."

His brother Michael paid tribute to him in the aftermath of the executions, writing on Twitter: "I have just lost a Courageous brother to a flawed Indonesian legal system.

"I miss you already RIP my Little Brother."

Indonesia's Constitutional Court agreed to consider on May 12 a last-ditch legal challenge brought by Chan, his lawyer said, raising hopes their execution could be delayed.

But the Attorney General's office later said the executions would take place - despite calls from Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott to delay the action.