Australian, Briton jailed in Bali cop’s death
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AN Australian woman and her British DJ boyfriend were jailed yesterday over the killing of a policeman who was beaten to death on a beach on the Indonesian resort island of Bali.
Sara Connor and David Taylor were convicted of the fatal group assault of officer Wayan Sudarsa, whose battered body was found in the popular tourist area of Kuta in August.
Connor, 46, was jailed for four years and Taylor, 34, was sentenced to six years.
Traffic policeman Sudarsa’s blood-soaked body was found covered with dozens of wounds on his neck, chest and head.
Taylor, whose stage name is DJ Nutzo, admitted getting into a fight with Sudarsa on the beach after accusing the officer of stealing Connor’s handbag, and hitting him with items, including binoculars and a beer bottle.
However Taylor, who had messy dreadlocks when first arrested, claimed that he had been in “fear of his life” and acted in self defense during the late-night brawl, and never intended to kill the officer.
Mother-of-two Connor had maintained her innocence, insisting she only intervened to try to break up the fight, but this was rejected by the judges who said she held down the victim as Taylor beat him.
“The defendant’s actions meant the victim could not get up and move his body to resist,” said I Wayan Sukanila, one of the judges ruling on Connor’s case.
Chief judge Made Pasek handed down the verdict and sentence in the Australian woman’s case, saying she had been “legally and convincingly proven guilty” of group assault causing death.
The verdict in Taylor’s case was handed down at a separate hearing shortly before.
Their sentences were shorter than the eight years each previously recommended by prosecutors, and will be reduced by the seven months they have already served in detention.
Taylor said he accepted the sentence, but prosecutors said they would consider whether to appeal it.
Connor’s lawyer Erwin Siregar said he would suggest to his client that she appeal, telling reporters: “There are some parts of the verdict which do not correspond to the facts.”
The couple had been enjoying a romantic rendezvous on the beach when they realized that Connor’s handbag was missing. Taylor confronted Sudarsa and accused him of stealing the bag, which led to the fight.
They fled the scene but Connor’s driving license and ATM card were found next to the body.
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