A British man arrested over the killing of a policeman on the Indonesian island of Bali said he was involved in a “confrontation” with the officer over the man’s girlfriend’s missing purse, but denies killing him, his lawyer said yesterday.
The body of Wayan Sudarsa, a traffic police official, was found in the early hours of Wednesday last week face-down in the sand on Kuta Beach with wounds to his head and neck, according to media reports.
David Taylor, 33, and his Australian girlfriend, Sarah Connor, 45, were arrested last week over the killing.
The pair are suspects in the case, according to police.
According to Indonesian law, charges are only laid once the case gets to court.
‘JUST LOOKING’
“David maintains that he did not kill the victim, only that he was looking for [his girlfriend’s purse],” Taylor’s lawyer Haposan Shimbing said.
“He approached the victim, checked the victim’s pockets and there was a confrontation, but David did not hit the victim,” Shimbing said.
However, Connor has told police that she saw Taylor beating the officer as she searched for her purse, according to her lawyer Erwin Siregar.
“When she tried to find her lost purse, she saw David sitting on the back of the victim. And as Sarah looked past David and saw that he was beating the victim,” Siregar said late on Monday.
“Because she only saw him from behind, she didn’t clearly see if he used his bare hands or had a tool,” Siregar said.
NUTZO
Taylor, who is a musician with the stage name DJ Nutzo, was to be questioned by police yesterday.
Connor’s lawyer said she was questioned for nine hours on Monday.
Police have said the investigation could take weeks before the case goes to court.
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