David Taylor and Sara Connor appeared separately in court accused of murdering Balinese policeman Wayan Sudarsa, whose battered body was found on Kuta beach in August. They face up to 15 years in jail if found guilty.
Taylor has admitted hitting the officer during a brawl using objects including a smashed beer bottle after accusing him of stealing Connor’s handbag but denies intentionally killing him.
“I’m innocent, I’m innocent,” she insisted, in a courtroom in the Balinese capital Denpasar packed out with local and foreign journalists.
Connor’s lawyer Erwin Siregar said that he planned to file an objection at the next hearing to the accusations against her, saying that she should instead face a lesser charge of destroying evidence related to the crime.