A Byron Bay woman who was jailed in Bali over the brutal death of a policeman has arrived home in Australia.
Sara Connor arrived at Ballina Byron airport last night, wearing a face mask after spending almost four years in a Denpasar women's prison.
In 2016, the 49-year-old and her British boyfriend David Taylor were accused of killing police officer Wayan Sudarsa, whose heavily wounded body was found on Kuta Beach.
Throughout their highly-publicised trial, Connor maintained she was trying to separate the two men after a fight broke out between them over her missing handbag.
She was given an early release this month and boarded a plane home to Byron Bay where her two sons live.
Connor left the airport on a bus last night, with a police guard.
A forensic expert told an Indonesian court Sudarsa died on the beach several hours after the fight and sustained 42 wounds to his body, including more than a dozen to his head and neck.
Taylor admitted to bashing the officer with a mobile phone, some binoculars, his fists and a beer bottle as the men struggled, but said he was acting in self-defence.
He was found guilty of group assault leading to death and sentenced to six years' jail.
Connor admitted to destroying the police officer's ID cards and, with Taylor's help, burning their bloodied clothes.
In their final plea to the judges during Connor's trial, her defence team said she was only guilty of destroying evidence, which carried a maximum seven-month jail term.
Connor said she let Taylor burn bloodstained clothing because she was scared and was thinking of her children.
She made an emotional plea to Denpasar District Court judges during her trial, saying she had no role in the death of Sudarsa.
"I believe in the truth, which I have said to the police and in court from the beginning," she said.
"I have never denied being there, but I swear I have never harmed the victim."
Connor admitted to cutting up the officer's ID cards from his wallet, but said it was to protect him from identity theft.
