Police make major breakthrough into deadly shooting of Australian man in Bali

Sky News AU

7 days ago

Police have found two guns in their ongoing investigation into a deadly shooting in Bali last month where one Australian man was killed and another injured.
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 laid 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.
On Monday, officers fronted media as they placed one of the recovered pistols on display in an evidence bag.
The gun was allegedly used as the murder weapon which was discovered in an irrigation stream, while the other was found within 50 metres of it, police said.
Both weapons have undergone ballistic testing with the bullets and shell casings consistent with those used on the June 13 attack.
Police also claim DNA had been found on a balaclava and pair of gloves which match one of the three Australian men currently in custody who are accused of being involved in the attack.
Darcy Francesco Jenson, 27, Midolmore Pasa Tupou, 27, and Mevlut Coskun, 23, were arrested in relation to the fatal shooting and charged with premeditated murder.
The maximum sentence for premediated murder is the death penalty.
In late June 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 orchestrator 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 Toyota Fortuner while Tupou and Coskun undertook the killing.
Jenson was a Sydney plumber who went to St Patrick's College in Strathfield.
He finished his trade and started his own plumbing business in 2020.
Just three weeks before the shooting, Jenson was playing AFL in Sydney for the Parramatta Goannas.
Bali Police Chief Inspector General Daniel Adityajaya who is leading the investigation told journalists at the time 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 Tupou 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.
The body of Mr Radmanovic has since been repatriated to Australia while Mr Ghanim and his family remain under police protection.
The Bali 3 could face execution if they are charged and convicted under Article 340.
An Australian embassy lawyer has been appointed to represent the trio.