Nicholas Carr: Adelaide tradie jailed over Bali ‘fly-kick’ attack
Adelaide tradie Nicholas Carr has been sentenced to jail in Bali over his brutal assault of a motorcyclist during a drunken rampage.
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Adelaide tradie Nicholas Carr has been sentenced to four months in Bali’s Kerobokan jail for his brutal booze-fuelled fly-kicking assault of a motorcyclist in August.
Carr’s sentence has been reduced for time served since his August arrest.
The 26-year-old builder’s apprentice smiled in the court but remained tight-lipped when questioned by journalists.
The now-notorious and horrific video showed Carr brutally kicking a Bali motorcyclist from his scooter in a shower of sparks. It immediately went viral.
Carr, who claims he drank between 20 and 30 vodkas, accepted his guilt of the assault charges in Article 351 of the Indonesian Criminal Code.
Judge Sobani told the Denpasar District Court mitigating factors included Carr’s early acceptance of his guilt, that he regretted his actions and had made a ‘peace agreement’ with the victim of the assault, Wayan Wirawan.
He also paid compensation to Mr Wirawan including $4000 to replace the victim’s Vespa scooter. Mr Wirawan gave Carr his ruined scooter, in an act of grace.
The Adelaide man’s booze-induced rampage didn’t end with the ninja-style attack — he also rolled over a moving car and then continued running down Seminyak’s main drag, Sunset Road.
Once he was caught by locals, he was hogtied by his hands and feet with garden hosepipe and taken to Kuta police station.
Before the Sunset Road rampage, Carr also raided a home in Seminyak and assaulted the Balinese owner who he pushed from a veranda.
He locked himself into a room while terrified locals fled the scene. This was
all captured on CCTV.
During his trial, Carr said he had no recollection of his wild behaviour.
“In truth, the events of that night are a total mystery to me mainly because it is as it is so out of character to behave in such a way.
“Secondly is because I have a total mental blackout of the events.
“All I have is the memory of the scars on my body and significantly, I will be mentally scarred for the rest of my life,” Carr told the court.
He said the first thing he remembered was waking up in hospital with injuries.
The trip to Bali was meant to be a ten-day holiday with his girlfriend and a friend.