Connor was interrogated for nine hours and Taylor for 12 hours on Monday during which, police claim, they retracted earlier confused statements and told a new version for how Wayan Sudarsa came to be found bloodied and dead with 17 head wounds.
Mr Purnomo said that Connor and Taylor were dating on the beach when Connor panicked upon realising her handbag was missing because it contained her licence and ATM card, wallet and money. Seeing the police officer, who was on duty in the area, she asked if he had seen the bag. Taylor then accused the officer of stealing the bag and of being a fake police officer. Mr Purnomo said that Taylor attempted to frisk the officer and offended, the officer pushed Taylor onto the sand. A fight ensued, and police will allege Connor also pushed the officer who also fell down and Connor was bitten by the victim. Connor pulled the officer’s hair and he pulled her hair during the beach tussle.
Mr Purnomo said that Taylor bashed the officer with a mobile phone, yelling at him: “You have stolen the bag, you are a fake police. Where is my bag? Where is my bag? ****** you. Where is my bag? ****** police.” “David found a bottle, he bashed the police with a bottle. David brought the bottle in his left hand then moved it to his right hand, then he bashed the bottle onto the police officer’s head. The bottle broke and then David bashed him again with the broken bottle. That caused many wounds in the head,” Mr Purnomo said. He also used the officer’s own binoculars to bash the victim.
