Jenson had been instructed to rent a nearby villa in Bali and to arrange getaway cars, balaclavas and other items needed for the crime, Indonesian police allege. He waited outside as Coskun and Tupou allegedly broke into the villa with a sledgehammer and gunned down Radmanovic and Ghanim with nine-millimetre handguns.
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The accused Australians face a panel of three Bali judges – Coskun and Tupou for the premeditated murder of Radmanovic and the attempted murder of Ghanim, and Jenson for assisting both crimes.
Ghanim and the Gourdeas sisters have previously told prosecutors they did not know who had carried out the attack or would want Radmanovic dead. The court will try to call them again to testify next week, though prosecutors have said they do not know where they are currently. Statements made by the trio to police after the attack may yet be read out in court.
Ghanim, who was shot multiple times but escaped his attackers, has previously told investigators he protected himself by tucking his head down in a kickboxing stance.
A man staying nearby on the night of the shooting told the court last week how he had rushed into the street after hearing gunshots. There he saw Ghanim bloodied and screaming, “I’m dying, I’m dying. Someone shot me”. One of the alleged shooters had complained he couldn’t start his bike before they fled on motorbikes, the man said.
Two taxi drivers hired by the accused shooters also testified that the men had gone out looking for prostitutes and to a tattoo parlour in the days before the shooting.
Police inspect the crime scene of the fatal Bali villa shooting in Munggu, Badung.Credit: The Age
Jenson’s lawyers have claimed that the Sydney plumber thought he was helping a “mystery friend” in exchange for a free trip to Bali when he arranged the logistics around the attack, without realising that anyone would get hurt.
The Australian Federal Police did not say if it was conducting its own investigations into the shooting and the underworld war in Australia, instead directing inquiries to Indonesian police.
The Australian government has been providing consular assistance to the accused men since their arrest, and Foreign Minister Penny Wong has reiterated Australia’s opposition to the death penalty.
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