The trial of three Australians accused of plotting the murder of a compatriot at a villa on the Indonesian resort island of Bali began Thursday, with all facing the death penalty.

Prosecutors read out charges of premeditated murder for Darcy Jenson, 37, Paea-I-Middlemore Tupou, 37, and Coskun Mevlut, 23, over the shooting of 32-year-old Australian national Zivan Radmanovic in June.

He was killed when two people burst into his villa in the tourist hub of Badung and at least one opened fire.

Jenson was arrested at the airport in the Indonesian capital Jakarta on suspicion of trying to leave the country, while the other two were returned from abroad.

Jenson is accused of supplying equipment and organising the attack at the villa while the other two suspects are accused of being the gunmen

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