Wife 'planned Australian's Bali murder'

An Indonesian woman on trial for ordering her Australian husband's Bali murder did not act spontaneously out of anger, but planned the hit and stuck with the plan despite having time to change her mind, the prosecution has argued.

Noor Ellis could receive the death penalty for pre-meditated murder, but the prosecution has recommended a maximum 15 years for arranging the ambush of her husband of 25 years, Robert Ellis.

The 60-year-old businessman's throat was slashed in the kitchen of his Bali villa in October last year, and his body wrapped in plastic and dumped in a ditch.

The crime has torn the family apart, with their sons Peter and John distressed by what they believe is too light a sentence.

Ellis has asked for a sentence lighter than 15 years so she can support her sons.

But Peter Ellis last week made it clear they don't want her support, walking away when his mother approached him at court.

Before Tuesday's hearing she told reporters she hoped her sons would one day forgive her.

"I will keep on loving my children even though they hate me," she said.

Prosecutor Ida Ayu Sulasmi said Ellis' defence had been inconsistent, selective and dishonest.

It was clear from the evidence of seven witnesses - the five men involved in the killing and two maids who abetted them - that Ellis planned it and played a role, she said.

Ellis had picked up the men, given them a signal when Mr Ellis arrived home at the villa and later helped dump his body.

Rather than ordering the hit in a fit of rage, as the defence had argued, Ellis had made a deal on the price and requested that it not be done "sadistically".

"There was quite a time gap between the first time the defendant contacted Aril until the implementation of murder that proves that the defendant had the intention to kill the victim or there was no intention to abort (the plan)," she said.

Aril, or Andreanus Ngongo, is one of five men on trial over an alleged involvement in the killing.

Ellis has claimed she resorted to violence after suffering neglect at the hands of her wealthy husband for years.

Her defence chose not to respond, meaning she will be sentenced next Wednesday.

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