Australian drug gang spared by Bali court

Indonesia's Supreme Court has commuted the death sentences for three Australians convicted of drug trafficking to life imprisonment following appeals, a court official said.

The three were among nine Australians - eight men and one woman - arrested in the resort island of Bali in 2005 with 8.2 kg of heroin.

"The sentences have been commuted to life imprisonment," a Supreme Court official, Zarof Ricar, said.