British DJ re-enacts grisly moment he bludgeoned Bali cop to death with a beer bottle (but not before a kiss for his accomplice)
Murder accused David Taylor, 34, and Sara Connor, 45, forced to act out macabre scenes on the beach
MURDER accused Brit DJ David Taylor re-enacts the moment he allegedly clubbed a policeman with a broken beer bottle and left him for dead on a beach in Bali.
The dreadlocked backpacker, 34, showed how he kneeled over stricken officer Wayan Sudarsa and allegedly bashed him on the back of the skull as he lay face down in the sand.
David Taylor kneels over an officer playing the dead man in a reenactment on a beach in Bali
His Australian lover Sara Connor could also be seen hitting the cop with his walkie talkie as the couple were forced to stage a grisly re-enactment early today at tourist hotspot Kuta.
In total they recreated 68 scenes, following directions from officers with loudhailers, including at a hotel where they allegedly disposed of their bloody clothes.
But first they shared a tender kiss as they met for the first time since they were arrested in the paradise isle in Indonesia.
Mum-of-two Sara, 45, also lay her head on David's shoulder as the pair were brought together in handcuffs and orange prison jumpsuits.
Each suspect wore a placard around their neck with their name.
The role of the dead policeman was played by another officer.
It was the first time in 13 days that the couple have been together and allowed to communicate since their detention as murder suspects.
Flanked by translators and heavy police presence the couple were asked to show for police cameras - and a pack of media - exactly what happened on the night of the officer’s death.
At times Connor looked bewildered as camera flashes and shouting punctuated the pre-dawn stillness.
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Taylor admits getting into a fight with Sudarsa after drinking beer on the beach in the early hours, police said.
He is said to have accused the officer of stealing Sara's handbag and of being a fake cop.
At one stage in today's reenactment Taylor lay face up on the sand with the officer on top of him as Taylor acted out hitting the officer about the head with a beer bottle.
The officer was holding Taylor’s right arm while Taylor wielded the beer bottle with his left arm.
Then Taylor was on top of the officer, acting out bringing down the broken bottle on his head.
Connor’s lawyer Erwin Siregar said his client maintains that she was trying to protect the victim not kill him.
He said: “If you see from the reconstruction this morning, what my client did is try to separate and protect the victim so that’s why from the first investigation, second investigation and then third and also this morning I am not seeing that my client should be involved in this murder.”
He also denied a police allegation, that Connor hit the officer with his own walkie talkie.
Cops alleged that some of Connor’s actions at the reenactment were slightly different to those she had explained in her earlier interrogation statements to police.
They say the two suspects would later be confronted with each other’s different versions of events.
Taylor’s lawyer, Haposan Sihombing, said that immediately after re-enacting the alleged bashing of the officer, there was a scene when Taylor and Connor cuddled on the beach.
Mr Sihombing said he had asked whether the investigators allege this happened on the night of the officer’s death and they said yes.
He said: “After the handcuffs were opened they look very intimate. Maybe after they don’t meet for days they look very intimate.
"It was spontaneous, they looked like they love each other. They were seen very intimate when the handcuffs were opened.”
He said that Taylor had told him some parts of the reenactment were not correct.