‘Planned and organised': Authorities reveal shock new details in fatal Bali shooting of Australian man as three alleged Aussie perpetrators remain in custody

Sky News AU

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Authorities have revealed the fatal Bali shooting of Melbourne man Zivan Radmanovic was allegedly planned for quite some time by three Australian men, with the group set to face the firing squad if found guilty.
Australian man Zivan Radmanovic, 32 was gunned down and killed by masked invaders inside a luxury Bali villa shortly after midnight on June 14, while his wife Jazmyn Gourdeas lay petrified under the bed sheets.
Another Australian man, Sanar Ghanim, 34 was shot in the leg and beaten in the attack but managed to survive the ordeal.
After a five-day international manhunt, three Australian men, Darcy Francesco Jenson, 27, Midolmore Pasa Tupou, 27 and Mevlut Coskun, 23 were arrested in relation to the fatal shooting and charged with pre-meditated murder.
On Thursday the Australian trio, dubbed the Bali 3, were marched through the press pack donning handcuffs, black masks and orange t-shirts and refused to answer any questions put to them.
Local police said they were still investigating if the shooting was a Melbourne underworld crime hit gone wrong and stated they were still searching for a possible fourth suspect involved in the attack.
Authorities will allege that 27-year-old Jenson was the orchestrater of the plot, booking the villa where the shooting occurred and the rental getaway vehicles in addition to supplying the hammer that was used to break into the property.
Police believe Jenson also waited outside the luxury lodge in a white renal Toyota Fortuner while Tupou and Coskun undertook the killing.
Bali Police Chief Inspector General Daniel Adityajaya who is leading the investigation told journalists on Thursday the execution style killing was 'well organised' and that the three attackers had 'planned the act" for a "long' time.
Inspector General Adityajaya said Jenson had divulged crucial information to police including purchasing the sledgehammer that was used to break into the villa and hiring the rental motorcycles and cars.
Authorities further allege Topou purchased the firearm and disposed of one of the motorbikes, while Coskun aided in disposing the vehicle with both testing positive for gun residue after they were detained in Cambodia and Singapore respectively.
'From our investigation we found out that the crime has been planned and organised,' Mr Adityajaya said.
Mr Adityajaya stated police had uncovered a range of evidence including three magazines of ammunition, two of which still contained bullets and a handgun disposed in a river in Tabanan about 700m from the villa.
'The gun (and other items, including the car) was found in the river in the rice field area in Tabanan, around 700m from the villa.'
In their investigation police also unearthed two bullet fragments, six bullet casings and 38 bullet shards and a bag with the logo 'athlete' containing 18 bullet casings and 27 rounds of ammunition.
However, while Inspector General Adityajaya said Jenson played a critical role, he outlined police were still in process of locating a fourth suspect, stating 'we are still working on finding the mastermind.'
Police are yet to determine a motive and did not rule out the possibility that the attack was a botched hit with the Herald Sun reporting rumours within the Melbourne underworld that a 'rip-off' spurred the killing.
Bali authorities confirmed that the AFP was aiding in the ongoing probe.
The Bali-based lawyer for the Australian man injured in the rampage Sary Latief said her client would release a statement in the coming weeks and that she believed investigators had already spoken to the fourth suspect.
'I have not officially been told of a fourth suspect, but they (the police) are still building a case against the fourth suspect' Mr Latief said and added 'I'm pretty sure no one has got out of the country.'
Mr Ghanim has a child with Danielle Stephens, the stepdaughter of slain underworld figure Carl Williams and had reportedly been planning on opening a business with his wife Daniella Gourdeas.
The body of Mr Radmanovic has since been repatriated to Australia while Mr Ghanim and his family remain under police protection.
The trio could face execution if they are charged and convicted under Article 340.