Sydney plumber arrested over Bali murder was just helping a friend, lawyer says

Sydney Morning Herald

3 days ago

Jupiter G. Lalwani, another lawyer acting for Jenson, said the 27-year-old was depressed and concerned about the prospect of facing the death penalty.
'He is concerned that it might happen, that he might actually be sentenced to death,' Lalwani said.
'At the moment, he is just trying to co-operate the best that he can.'
Bali police investigators retraced the steps of Jenson, Coskun and Tupou over several hours on Wednesday, in an attempt to reconstruct how the shooting unfolded.
The men were restrained, put in armoured vehicles and taken to several locations on the southern end of the holiday island, where officers used evidence from witnesses, CCTV footage, and forensic crews to recreate the events around June 14.
Images from one re-enactment showed the men wearing ballistic vests over a bright orange T-shirt, shorts and thongs, as they stood next to a vehicle on a muddy road. All three had shackled hands and feet, and wore signs around their neck identifying them as 'tersangka' – the Indonesian word for suspect.
During one re-enactment, Coskun and Tupou were taken to a road leading to Villa Casa Santisya, the luxury accommodation where Radmanovic was killed.
There, an officer read out the evidence from a witness, who claims he spotted two men on motorbikes on his way to buy cigarettes on the night of the shooting.
Coskun and Tupou, their hands tied and faces obscured by a balaclava, were then taken to the villa, where police allege the men used a large hammer to break in, before making their way towards the bathroom and shooting Radmanovic.
The father of six had only been on the holiday island for two days when he was fatally shot, as his wife, Jazmyn Gourdeas, hid under the covers inside the luxury villa.
The couple had arrived in Bali on June 12 and planned to stay just five days with Gourdeas' sister, Daniella Gourdeas, and her partner, 34-year-old Sanar Ghanim, to celebrate Jazmyn's 30th birthday.
As part of the re-enactment at the villa, police also described how one of the men entered the room looking for Ghanim and proceeded to shoot him. The 34-year-old was hit in the leg and beaten during the targeted attack, but survived. He has since returned to Melbourne.
Coskun and Tupou were then led out of the villa and ushered into an armoured vehicle, before being taken to the neighbouring district of Tabanan, where they are alleged to have ditched the rented motorbikes used to drive to the villa.
Police believe the man jumped in a car before dumping it in the area and switching to a second vehicle.
Asked by reporters about the motivation behind the attack, Badung police chief Arif Batubara said the investigation was still ongoing, and the motive would form part of the court proceedings.
'It will be revealed during court,' he said.
Batubara said that while the three Australian men had been co-operative with the re-enactments, they were based on the testimony from witnesses, CCTV footage, and forensic samples, including blood and DNA collected from the scene.
The re-enactments also included visiting a shop where Jenson is believed to have bought the hammer used to break into the villa, a Circle K convenience store where Tupou bought cigarettes, and Lotus Villa, where two of the alleged offenders stayed. They were supervised by prosecutors, police, and forensic experts.
Police arrested Jenson in Jakarta last month, as he attempted to leave the country for Cambodia via Singapore. Coskun, a convicted drug dealer, and Tupou were detained in Singapore and Cambodia, respectively, the following day. All three men have since been charged with premeditated murder, as well as the 'embezzlement' or theft of several rental vehicles, according to local police.