Bali Court Ups Sentences for Australian Hitmen

Three Australian men have had their prison sentences significantly increased by the Bali High Court for their roles in the 2025 assassination of Zivan Radmanovic, a Melbourne father of six. The shooting occurred at a luxury villa in Munggu, Bali.

Initially, Darcy Francesco Jenson received 12 years, while Mevlut Coskun and Paea I Middlemore Tupou were sentenced to 16 years each. However, the victim's family successfully prompted a prosecutor's appeal, leading to revised sentences.

Jenson's sentence was extended by five years to 17 years, and Coskun and Tupou each received an additional two years, bringing their sentences to 18 years. The court found Jenson guilty of aiding and abetting premeditated murder.

The trio had testified that they were hired to collect a debt from another villa resident, Sanar Ghanim, but mistakenly shot and killed Radmanovic. They refused to identify the Australian who hired them. Jenson was responsible for arranging the logistics for the group's trip.

Radmanovic was fatally shot after being beaten with a sledgehammer, while Ghanim was shot six times. Both men had connections to Melbourne's underworld. The sentences were handed down in Denpasar District Court, and the men are currently held at Kerobokan prison.

Radmanovic's wife, Jazmyn Gourdeas, and her family were present for the sentencing and expressed profound anger at the initial outcomes, calling them a "f extiting joke" and demanding life sentences for the perpetrators.