Australian woman Sara Connor and her British boyfriend should be jailed for eight years after they allegedly bashed a Bali police officer and left him for dead, prosecutors say.

Connor, a mother of two, said nothing and was rushed to the holding cells after prosecutors made the sentence request at Denpasar Court on Tuesday.

Her lawyer Erwin Siregar described such a request as “extraordinary”.

“We ask time (to prepare) defence.”

Connor and David Taylor had gone to trial facing charges of murder, fatal assault in company and assault causing death over the killing of Bali police officer Wayan Sudarsa, whose bloodied body was discovered on Kuta Beach in the early hours of August 17 last year.

But on Tuesday prosecutor Agung Jayalantara said they should not be convicted of murder – which carries with it a maximum penalty of 15 years.

It was clear, he added, that the pair had not intended to kill the police officer.

Instead, the prosecutor submitted they should be convicted of fatal assault in company, which carries a maximum of 12 years.

Taylor, he said, was having problems renewing a visa to Australia and was feeling the pressure of a broken marriage and his relationship with Connor when the pair met up on August 16.

That night they went to dinner, had some drinks and then went down to Kuta Beach.

When they realised Connor’s purse had gone missing, Taylor confronted Mr Sudarsa but did not get the response from the police officer he was hoping for.

Policeman Wayan Sudarsa was found with 42 wounds to his body. Photo: ABC (supplied)

Referring to a psychological evaluation of Taylor made after his arrest on August 19, the prosecutor said: “Since there’s no help, (he) felt like he was being treated as suspect and the influence of liquor, it made the subject emotional and overwhelmed.

“(Taylor) felt very insulted and angry then they got involved in a fight.”

After the fight, in which Taylor hit Mr Sudarsa with a beer bottle, the prosecutor said the 34-year-old had reported that the police officer was still breathing.

The pair then left him on the beach.

Mr Jayalantara said this showed they did not mean to intentionally kill him.

However, he argued there was clearly some “guilt” attached to what they did on Kuta beach – with the pair taking and destroying Mr Sudarsa’s identity cards and then later burning their clothes.

The court heard Taylor felt regret at what had happened to Mr Sudarsa and for “involving” Connor.

“(He feels he has) failed to help and protect the person he loves,” the psychological report states.

The matter is expected to return to court next week where both parties will present their defence.