An Indonesian court has jailed two Australian men for 16 years over the murder of a Melbourne father who was shot in a Bali villa last year.
Zivan Radmanovic, 32, was killed when two masked gunmen, Mevlut Coskun and Paea I Middlemore Tupou, stormed the villa in the middle of the night on June 14.
Mr Radmanovic was staying at the tourist accommodation as part of birthday celebrations for wife Jazmyn Gourdeas.
Jazmyn Gourdeas (centre) was in court for the start of the trial. (ABC News)
Ms Gourdeas’s sister, Daniella Gourdeas, and her partner Sanar Ghanim were also staying at the property.
Coskun and Tupou were found guilty by the Bali District Court of premeditated murder as well as possession of a firearm.
During their trial, Coskun and Tupou told the court they had been sent to the villa by an Australian man they would not name, to threaten Mr Ghanim into paying a debt.
Tupou told the court he mistook Mr Radmanovic for Mr Ghanim and shot him.
The Australians were presented to the media during a police press conference after the shooting. (ABC News)
Mr Ghanim, who was once in a relationship with the stepdaughter of dead underworld figure Carl Williams, was shot and beaten but survived the attack.
A third Australian, Darcy Jenson, has been found guilty of assisting premeditated murder and jailed for 12 years.Â
Police allege Mr Jenson provided logistics around the attack, including organising vehicles and accommodation.Â
Bali District Court judges said the murder had caused concern on the popular tourist island, where violent crimes related to firearms were rare.
Judges also said the sentence reflected Mr Radmanovic’s role as a breadwinner and that the family had not forgiven Coskun and Tupou for the shooting.
Prosecutors previously asked for a sentence of 18 years for the pair and Mr Radmanovic’s wife had called for the maximum penalty.
Premeditated murder can carry the death penalty in Indonesia.
Villa Casa Santisya, where the shooting took place. (Supplied)
During the trial, Coskun gave evidence that he was offered money and a holiday to Bali in exchange for threatening Mr Ghanim.
He told the court he felt he was “in too deep” after he was instructed to pick up the handguns.
Tupou told the court he went into Mr Radmanovic’s room and mistook him for Mr Ghanim.
“He had something in his hands, he ran at me and my last option was to shoot him,” Mr Tupou said.
A coroner’s examination found Mr Radmanovic had three gunshot entry wounds and blunt force trauma.
Mr Tupou and Mr Coskun offered apologies to Mr Radmanovic’s family, including to his wife.
“I understand no words I offer can ever lessen your grief or undo what has occurred, but I am truly and deeply sorry for the pain and the heartbreak your family has been forced to endure,” Tupou told the court.
The murder shocked many in Bali, where gun crime and fatal shootings are rare.
During the attack, Jazmyn Gourdeas hid under the bedcovers while her husband was shot and killed.
Police said her sister Daniella raced out onto the street, screaming for help.
In a statement, Jazmyn Gourdeas’s lawyer Sary Latief said the sentence showed a “worrying disparity between the severity of the act and the punishment imposed”.
“This case involves the use of illegal firearms in a highly brutal, organised attack,” she said.
“While there have been past cases of weapons possession in Bali, the escalation of violence in the ‘Bali 3’ case is at a far more dangerous level because it resulted in the premeditated loss of life.
“Sentencing perpetrators of premeditated murder involving firearms to only a dozen or so years sends the wrong message to the international community: that Indonesia tolerates compromise regarding the illegal use of firearms”