Bali 3: Prison terms extended for men sentenced over murder of Melbourne father
Zivan Radmanovic died in a late-night ambush carried out in a Canggu villa in front of his wife.
Three Australians sentenced in Bali last month over the shooting murder of Melbourne father Zivan Radmanovic have had their prison terms extended by an appeal judge.
The Indonesian High Court handed an extra five years to Sydney man Darcy Francesco Jenson for his role in planning the murder, taking his sentence from 12 years to 17.
The two Australian gunmen, Paea-I-Middlemore Tupou and Mevlut Coskun, were each handed an extra two years behind bars, taking their sentences from 16-years to 18.
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On Thursday, Radmanovic’s wife, Jazmyn Radmanovic said they were thankful for the extended sentences but believe they did not reflect “the severity and permanence of this crime”.
“No outcome can ever truly deliver justice, because nothing can bring my husband back,” the widow, who has faced threats since pushing for the initial sentences to be appealed, said in a statement.
“I firmly believe that the only sentence that reflects the gravity of this crime is life imprisonment.”
Radmanovic died in the late-night ambush shooting carried out in a villa near Canggu in June 2025 in front of his wife.
“I am now raising our six children on my own, while continuing to grieve the loss of my husband and relive the night he was so violently taken from us,” the widow said.
“Our children have lost not only their father, but their sense of security and normalcy.
“My husband was not taken from us by illness or by accident. His life was deliberately and senselessly taken.
“Explaining this to six children answering their ongoing questions and helping them process something so incomprehensible has been one of the most difficult parts of this journey.”
Scars ‘will never heal’
She said she lives with the “shock, the fear, and the unimaginable pain of holding my husband as he passed away”.
“Experiencing such a tragedy in a foreign country, without understanding what was happening in those moments, has left lasting scars that will never heal,” she said.
The gunmen, who fled but were caught several days later, admitted at trial they got the wrong person and the real target had been the victim’s friend Sanar Ghanim.
Instructions and promise of payment had come from an unnamed man in Australia to threaten Ghanim over an alleged debt.
Ghanim, who has previously been linked to Melbourne’s underworld, was shot and bashed in the villa ambush but survived.
Originally published on 7NEWS
