Bali bomb-maker jailed for life

More than 80 Australian tourists died in the blasts

An Islamic militant has been jailed for life for helping to make the bombs used in the October 2002 Bali attacks.

Sarjiyo, also known as Sawad, had faced the death penalty, but received a lesser sentence as he was not directly involved in the attack.

Three people have been sentenced to death for the attacks and more than 20 others handed jail sentences.

More than 200 people, mainly foreigners, were killed in the attack on two crowded nightclubs.

Sarjiyo, a 32-year-old Christian convert to Islam, is the third man to be jailed for life over the attacks, which have been blamed on the militant Islamic network Jemaah Islamiah, which is linked to al-Qaeda.

"I wish to appeal," Sarjiyo declared as the verdict was read out.

The judges found him guilty of mixing the chemicals used in the attack on the Sari Club - the deadliest of the two attacks. He also helped pack the explosives into the back of the van used in the attack.

"The defendant has shown no remorse. The chemicals that he prepared were used to build the bomb that killed hundreds of people and devastated Bali," said Judge Arif Supratman.

Although most of the group that planned and carried out the Bali bombings have been arrested, two key suspects - the suspected bomb makers Dr Azahari Husin and Dulmatin - remain at large.

They have also been implicated in last August's bombing of the Marriott Hotel in Jakarta in which 12 people died.