<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Two </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national" rel="" target="" title="Australian"><span>Australian</span></a><span> men will each spend more than a decade in a </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/bali" rel="" target="" title="Bali"><span>Bali</span></a><span> prison after they were found guilty of the gangland-style murder of a </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/melbourne" rel="" target="" title="Melbourne"><span>Melbourne</span></a><span> father in June last year. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span> Zivan Radmanovic, 32, died in a hail of bullets in the bathroom of a luxury villa on June 14 while on holiday with his partner, sister-in-law and her partner, Sanar Ghanim. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span> A Denpasar court today found Australian men Paea I Middlemore Tupou and Mevlut Coskun guilty of premeditated murder, attempted premeditated murder, and illegal possession and use of firearms.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/mojtaba-khamenei-son-of-irans-supreme-leader-has-been-named-his-successor-iranian-state-tv-says/2af18a14-e341-4b8d-9e30-e3382d346e47" target="_blank"><strong><span>Who is Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran's new Supreme Leader?</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>They were each sentenced to 16 years in Korobokan prison. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span> Premeditated murder carries a maximum penalty of death under Indonesian law. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span> Their co-accused, Sydney plumber Darcy Jenson, is still waiting on his verdict and possible sentence. </span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/australian-duo-dodge-death-penalty-for-murder-of-melbourne-dad-in-luxury-bali-villa/b9a50af0-d7a2-47c3-b0dd-ee8b3277377f" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span> The trial heard the gunmen were sent to Bali to threaten Ghanim over a debt after being offered money by an Australian man they've refused to identify. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span> Police allege Jenson organised the hit and Coskun and Tupou carried out the shooting, breaking into the villa with a sledgehammer in the early hours of June 14. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span> Tupou has admitted to shooting Radmanovic, but claims he thought he was his friend, Sanar Ghanim - the ex-partner of gangland figure Carl Williams' stepdaughter. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Coskun testified he shot Ghanim, who survived his injuries.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/how-to-fly-to-europe-from-australia-without-stopping-over-middle-east-explained/f9f0fe00-fa2d-48e8-853b-95e843c617ff" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>How can Aussie travellers get to Europe now major Middle East airports are shut?</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span> </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span> They claim they never meant to kill anyone, while Jenson says he only learnt of the crime after he was arrested. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span> Police claim the pair escaped on motorbikes before getting into a car with Jenson, and dumping the guns in a river. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span> The trio were arrested and charged after an international manhunt. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span> Radmanovic's widow, Jazmyn Gourdeas, who hid under bed sheets during the shooting, was flanked by the pair's 13-year-old son as she watched the sentencing from a Denpasar courtroom. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span> Outside court, Gourdeas' laywer, Sary Latief, said her client was disappointed with the sentence. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span> "They had high hopes for the judges to give higher sentences," Latief said. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span> "The victim's wife is speechless. Really felt like the Indonesian justice system doesn't really care."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><em><span>NEVER MISS A STORY:</span></em></strong><span> </span><strong><em><span>Get your breaking news and exclusive stories first by following us across all platforms.</span></em></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><ul><li><strong><em><span>Download the 9NEWS App here via</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Apple</span></em></strong></a><span> </span><strong><em><span>and</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Google Play</span></em></strong></a></li><li><strong><em><span>Make 9News your preferred source on Google by</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.google.com/preferences/source?q=9news.com.au" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>ticking this box here</span></em></strong></a></li><li><strong><em><span>Sign up to</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://login.nine.com.au/edm?client_id=nineatnine" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>our breaking newsletter here</span></em></strong></a></li></ul></div></div>

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