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Briton convicted in Bali cop killing freed from prison
Briton David Taylor was released from Bali s Kerobokan prison after spending more than four years in jail. He was convicted of fatally assaulting a local policeman in 2016.PHOTO: EPA-EFE
PublishedFeb 12, 2021, 5:00 am SGT
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DENPASAR, Indonesia (Reuters) - A British man jailed for his role in the death of an Indonesian policeman in 2016 on a beach in Bali was released on Thursday after serving his sentence.
David Taylor, 38, was jailed in March 2017 together with his Australian girlfriend, Sara Connor, over the death of traffic policeman Wayan Sudarsa, whose body was found on the island’s popular Kuta beach with neck and head wounds.
Taylor left Bali’s Kerobokan jail dressed in a black T-shirt and with dark glasses and a mask.
He did not comment to reporters before getting into a waiting car, but the head of the prison, Fikri Jaya Soebing confirmed his release.
Nine Aussies who are spending Christmas in Bali jails will be banned from the traditional festive family visits as a result of COVID-19.
Of the Australian prisoners behind bars on the holiday island, only two qualify for the traditional Christmas sentence remissions.
The others, serving life sentences or who are still on trial, do not qualify.
AAP has confirmed that two Aussies - Sunshine Coast man Brendon Luke Johnsson and Robert Andrew Fiddes Ellis - will both be awarded sentence cuts of one month and 15 days this Christmas.
Two Australians - Sunshine Coast man Brendon Luke Johnsson (left) and Robert Andrew Fiddes Ellis (right) - will both be awarded sentence cuts of one month and 15 days this Christmas
However, Australian academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert, 33, will be celebrating at home with her family following her release from an Iranian prison on spying charges. Ms Moore-Gilbert was one of Tehran s highest profile prisoners from the time she was apprehended at Tehran airport in 2018 as she was about to return home from an academic conference. Her release was part of an international prisoner swap where three Iranian men were freed from jail in Thailand, where they were held over their part in a failed 2012 bombing plot. Two other high profile Australian women were also released from foreign prisons during the year. Linklater Dustin is one of the many Aussies who remains behind bars in an overseas jail this Christmas. Picture: Supplied