Three Australians Sentenced in Bali for Tourist Murder

A court in Bali sentenced three Australian men on Monday to prison terms for their roles in the fatal shooting of a fellow Australian tourist during a birthday celebration on the Indonesian resort island last year.

Mevlut Coskun, 22, and Paea I. Middlemore Tupou, 27, each received 16 years in prison for the murder of Zivan Radmanovic, a 32-year-old from Melbourne, at Denpasar District Court. Darcy Jenson, 24, was sentenced to 12 years for his involvement in organizing the attack. The incident occurred in the early hours of June 14, 2025, at Villa Casa Santisya, where Radmanovic was vacationing with his wife, Jazmyn Gourdeas, to mark her 30th birthday. Also present were Gourdeas's sister, Daniella, and her partner, Sanar Ghanim, 34, who was shot and beaten but survived.

Prosecutors described the attack as a premeditated ambush aimed at Ghanim, a figure linked to Melbourne's underworld, to pressure him over an unpaid debt. Radmanovic suffered three gunshot wounds and blunt force trauma, according to a coroner's report. Coskun and Tupou carried out the shooting, while Jenson handled planning and logistics, including getaway vehicles and travel arrangements. The men entered the...