Couple escape death penalty over Bali suitcase murder

By Jewel Topsfield, Amilia Rosa
Updated April 21 2015 - 8:13pm, first published 7:13pm
Tommy Schaeffer being sentenced to 18 years' jail over the premeditated murder of Sheila Von Wiese-Mack. Photo: Amilia Rosa
Tommy Schaeffer being sentenced to 18 years' jail over the premeditated murder of Sheila Von Wiese-Mack. Photo: Amilia Rosa
Heather Mack being sentenced over the murder of her mother. Photo: Amilia Rosa
Heather Mack being sentenced over the murder of her mother. Photo: Amilia Rosa

A man who bludgeoned his girlfriend's mother to death with a fruit bowl has escaped the death penalty over his role in the grisly Bali suitcase murder.

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