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U.S. couple found guilty of 'sadistic' Bali suitcase murder
Source: Reuters
US | Tue Apr 21, 2015 10:52am EDT
U.S. couple found guilty of 'sadistic' Bali suitcase murder
DENPASAR | BY TRISHA SERTORI
(Reuters) - An Indonesian court found a young U.S. couple guilty on Tuesday of murdering the woman's mother and stuffing her battered body into a suitcase on the resort island of Bali.
Heather Mack and Tommy Schaefer, both from the Chicago area, were arrested last August after staff at a luxury hotel discovered the body of Mack's mother, Sheila von Wiese-Mack, in an abandoned suitcase in a taxi.
Schaefer was sentenced to 18 years in prison for premeditated murder immediately after the verdict was delivered by a panel of three judges, and Mack to 10 years for being an accessory to murder.
The pair were tried separately in Denpasar District Court and it was not immediately clear if they would appeal.
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U.S. couple found guilty of 'sadistic' Bali suitcase murder
DENPASAR | BY TRISHA SERTORI
(Reuters) - An Indonesian court found a young U.S. couple guilty on Tuesday of murdering the woman's mother and stuffing her battered body into a suitcase on the resort island of Bali.
Heather Mack and Tommy Schaefer, both from the Chicago area, were arrested last August after staff at a luxury hotel discovered the body of Mack's mother, Sheila von Wiese-Mack, in an abandoned suitcase in a taxi.
Schaefer was sentenced to 18 years in prison for premeditated murder immediately after the verdict was delivered by a panel of three judges, and Mack to 10 years for being an accessory to murder.
The pair were tried separately in Denpasar District Court and it was not immediately clear if they would appeal.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/21/us-indonesia-crime-usa-idUSKBN0NC0LJ20150421
