An Indonesian woman accused of premeditating her Australian husband's murder told his alleged killers to ambush him in their kitchen, and gave them the signal when he arrived home, her trial has heard.
Julaikah Noor Aini, also known as Noor Ellis, faces the death penalty for ordering the hit on Robert Ellis, whose body was found in a Bali rice field in October.
In Denpasar District Court on Wednesday, her maid's boyfriend Andreanus Ngongo, alias Aril, was questioned about the arrangement with him and four others accused of the grisly murder.
Aril said Ellis contacted him because she was "looking for someone to kill her husband".
She met him and his four co-accused - men known as Martin, Rangga, Urbanus and Yohannes - in a hut in Sanur to discuss the matter for two hours.
"The ones talking were Martin and Mrs Noor," he told the court.
"About the price. Martin asked for (Rp) 150 million ($14,220).
"Mrs Noor then said that would give downpayment of (Rp) 50 million and the rest of payment will be given in villa after the execution."
On the day of the killing, the men waited for two hours in the couple's Sanur villa for Mr Ellis to arrive.
His wife of 25 years then gave the men a signal, Aril said.
"She said 'Mr Bob has come' ... so that we were prepared," he said.
"We were told to move to the kitchen by Mrs Noor.
"Mrs Noor gave a towel and pillow to Rangga and Martin to hold Mr Bob's face."
Through Martin, she had requested the act not be done "sadistically".
They used two knives, Aril said, "to stab and to slit Mr Bob's neck".
Ellis later gave the men plastic and blankets to wrap her husband's body in before driving them to a rice field where they could dispose of it, he said.
The court heard she gave the downpayment to Martin and a second payment in cash to Aril the day after.
Asked if she disputed any of the evidence, Ellis told the court there were many errors.
"I never ordered them to kill, only to take care of things," she said.
The trial continues next week.
Ellis' seven accomplices - the five men and two maids - all of whom also face charges carrying the death penalty, will be tried separately.
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