Prosecutors to appeal Sara Connor sentence
Connor could face more years behind bars for the fatal group assault of a Bali police officer after prosecutors announced they would appeal her four year jail sentence.
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.
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