Prosecutors request eight years' jail for Sara Connor over Bali cop's death
Byron Bay woman will be sentenced for a group attack that led to police officer's death.
Jewel Topsfield is Fairfax's Indonesia correspondent. She is an award-winning journalist who has been with Fairfax Media for 10 years. Most recently, she was education editor at The Age for five years. Prior to that she was the launch deputy editor of the National Times, Fairfax’s online opinion site. She also spent three years in the Canberra Press Gallery covering immigration, education, the environment and water.
Byron Bay woman will be sentenced for a group attack that led to police officer's death.
Prosecutors have requested that David Taylor, the boyfriend of Byron Bay woman Sara Connor, be sentenced to eight years' jail for the fatal group assault of a Balinese police officer on Kuta beach last year.
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Byron Bay murder suspect Sara Connor has revealed she and David Taylor were "desperate" after learning the police officer with whom Mr Taylor had fought two days earlier had been found dead on a beach.
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