Australian, Briton jailed over brutal Bali cop killing
DENPASAR, Indonesia: 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 found guilty 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 defence during the latenight 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 claim was rejected by the judges.
Chief judge Made Pasek handed down the verdict and sentence in Connor’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.