Police hope to hand Bali murder case to prosecutors within days
Detained British national David Taylor (2nd L) escorted by Indonesian police. Photo: Getty
Denpasar Police Chief Hadi Purnomo says he hopes police will be able to hand over a murder case against Australian woman Sara Connor and her British boyfriend David Taylor to prosecutors within days.
Connor and Taylor have been detained for allegedly murdering local policeman Wayan Sudarsa, who was found with 42 wounds to his body, including his head and neck, on Kuta beach.
Police said Taylor has admitted attacking the policeman with a broken bottle.
Police have 100 days to build the case against the pair but Mr Purnomo indicated he does not believe they will need that long.
Police suspect Sara Connor, from Byron Bay. Photo: AAP.
The prosecutor will then indict the pair on all or some of the charges, which include murder and assault causing death, or reject the case against them.
Connor is facing an additional charge of being an accomplice to murder.
Mr Purnomo said the suspects may be returned to the crime scene together, possibly on Monday, for a reconstruction of the morning of the police officer’s death.
It may provide a chance for police to establish whether their stories match.
Earlier, Connor’s lawyer Erwin Siregar told the ABC forensic evidence suggested more people were involved in the brutal beating of the man.
“This one is still debatable,” Mr Siregard said.
“There is a David, there is a Sara and there is three men — I don’t know who yet.”
On Tuesday, a local man found Sudarsa’s wallet and ID cards at a security post near Uluwatu in Bali’s south.
Police allege Connor took the items from the policeman’s body while he lay unconscious on the sand on Kuta beach.
They say the couple later cut up the cards, including the police identification, and dumped them in a rubbish bag.
Police also allege the couple burned the clothes they had been wearing in bushes near Jimbaran.
– ABC.
