A Sydney woman will serve 10 months in a Bali jail for being caught at the scene of a drug bust with a joint in her handbag.



Leeza Tracey Ormsby, 37, could have been sentenced to up to 12 years in jail on drug possession charges after the villa raid in February.

But prosecutors recommended the New Zealander serve 15 months, giving her credit for admitting her guilt.

Ormsby's defence asked that she be treated as a drug user, with the court hearing she had been treated for depression and had used heroin in the past.