Heather Mack and Tommy Schaefer of Chicago, Ill., stand behind bars during their trials in Bali, Indonesia,

Heather Mack and Tommy Schaefer of Chicago, Ill., stand behind bars during their trials in Bali, Indonesia, Image by (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)

A US couple have been jailed for murdering the woman’s mother and stuffing her body into a suitcase in Indonesia.

The badly beaten body of Sheila von Wiese-Mack, 62, was found in the boot of a taxi on the resort island of Bali last year.

Heather Mack and Tommy Schaefer, of Chicago, Ill arrive at Denpasar district court in Bali,

Heather Mack and Tommy Schaefer, of Chicago, Ill arrive at Denpasar district court in Bali, Image by (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)

Heather Mack, 19, and her boyfriend Tommy Schaefer, 21 – both from Chicago – had faced the death penalty for the killing. However,  Bali’s Denpasar District Court jailed Schaefer for 18 years and Mack for 10 years for assisting in her mother’s murder. Mack gave birth to a baby girl in prison last month. Read more: chicagotribune.com