Cyanide coffee murder: Australian resident Jessica Wongso jailed for 20 years

By Jewel Topsfield
Updated October 28 2016 - 1:09pm, first published 11:08am
Wayan Mirna Salihin, who was found by an Indonesian court to have been poisoned with cyanide in Jakarta.  Photo: Facebook
Wayan Mirna Salihin, who was found by an Indonesian court to have been poisoned with cyanide in Jakarta. Photo: Facebook
Jessica Wongso, right, takes part in a police-organised re-enactment at the Olivier Cafe, where the poisoning was found to have taken place.  Photo: Twitter
Jessica Wongso, right, takes part in a police-organised re-enactment at the Olivier Cafe, where the poisoning was found to have taken place. Photo: Twitter
Jessica Wongso at Central Jakarta District Court on Thursday. Photo: Danta Zikry
Jessica Wongso at Central Jakarta District Court on Thursday. Photo: Danta Zikry
Jessica Wongso hears judges deliver their verdict at Central Jakarta District Court on Thursday. Photo: Danta Zikry
Jessica Wongso hears judges deliver their verdict at Central Jakarta District Court on Thursday. Photo: Danta Zikry
Jessica Wongso speaks with her lawyer, Otto Hasibuan at Central Jakarta District Court on Thursday. Photo: Danta Zikry
Jessica Wongso speaks with her lawyer, Otto Hasibuan at Central Jakarta District Court on Thursday. Photo: Danta Zikry
Jessica Kumala Wongso, centre, flashes a smile as she is surrounded by her lawyers after her jail sentence at a courtroom of Central Jakarta District Court.  Photo: AP/Tatan Syuflana
Jessica Kumala Wongso, centre, flashes a smile as she is surrounded by her lawyers after her jail sentence at a courtroom of Central Jakarta District Court. Photo: AP/Tatan Syuflana

Jakarta: Australian permanent resident Jessica Kumala Wongso had been so convinced she would be found innocent of murdering her friend with a cycnaide-laced coffee she had packed her clothes to go home.

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