Bali widow Jazmyn Gourdeas identifies husband's alleged killer in court statement
Jazmyn Gourdeas, the widow of slain Australian Zivan Radmanovic, has identified one of three accused men as her husband's killer after witnessing the terrifying execution from just three metres away.
Bali ambush survivor Jazmyn Gourdeas’s terrifying ordeal has been recounted with the widow “confident” she could identify her husband’s killer.
In a statement read out to Denpasar District Court on Monday, Ms Gourdeas told police in the aftermath of the shooting ambush her husband, Zivan Radmanovic, still had a heartbeat when she found his bloodied body in their villa’s bathroom on June 14.
Ms Gourdeas also told police the gunman she saw was tall with a broad chest and wearing an orange jacket and helmet.
Shown pictures of the three suspects, Darcy Francesco Jenson, Paea-I-Middlemore Tupou and Mevlut Coskun, she fingered Mr Coskun as her husband’s murderer.
“I can explain that, based on posture and body shape, I recognise the body shape of Melvut Coskun,” she stated.
“From the back view, I am confident that Melvut Coskun’s posture and body shape resemble the person I saw from inside the blanket standing in the room and shooting my husband, Zivan Radmanovic.”
Ms Gourdeas told police her husband attempted to hide her from the invaders.
“ … there was someone that I feel sure that it was my husband Zivan Radmanovic who covered me with blankets and I heard the sound of gunshot several times and a sound of Zivan Radmanovic shouting ‘AAAAA’,” she told police.
“And while the gunshots were still going on, I managed to peek from behind the blanket and saw someone wearing an orange jacket and a black helmet, half-standing in the bathroom facing the shower.”
“Then, when the gunshots stopped, I peeked again and saw that person running out of the room. I then covered my face with the blanket again.”
Ms Gourdeas stated they had arrived in Bali with her sister, Daniella, just over 24 hours prior to the attack in what was her first trip abroad to celebrate her 30th birthday
Ms Gourdeas, Mr Radmanovic and her sister were staying with Sanar Ghanim, at his luxury villa, Casa Santisya 1 in the area of Munggu.
Ms Gourdeas statement revealed she was just three metres from where her husband was shot “repeatedly”.
She then heard shots from her sister’s room and Ghanim scream.
“Then, after I no longer heard any sounds, I walked toward the bathroom and found my husband lying unconscious on the bathroom floor, his body covered in blood.
“Seeing this, I checked the pulse on his neck, and at that moment, Zivan Radmanovic still had a heartbeat.
“So I ran to Daniella Mandalena Gourdeas’s room and saw Sanar Ghanim covered in blood in front of room number two.”
After running outside for help she returned to the villa to find her husband dead.
She said met her sister outside the villa: “I then screamed, hugged, and cried.”
Although Ms Gourdeas “peeked” at the gunman she did not know him.
“I could not see his face because when I peeked, he was facing away from me, so I only saw his back,” she stated.
Asked in her interview whether she was aware of any conflicts in any of their lives, Ms Gourdeas said she was unaware of any motivation for the violence.
Statements from Mr Ghanim and Daniella Gourdeas were also read out to the court.
Ghanim, who was naked when the gunmen stormed his villa, told police he pushed Daniella to a corner of the room and tried to “save myself”.
“I was not wearing clothes at the time,” he stated.
“I heard noises at the front door, like someone was banging repeatedly. Then I realised shots were fired into my room.
“I pushed my wife toward the corner of the bed near the wall and hid in the bathroom.
“I stood and moved to avoid bullets, but I was hit several times.
“When the shooting occurred, I immediately stood up and ran to the bathroom to save myself. Therefore, I cannot describe the shooter or how many people were shooting at me.”
Mr Ghanim was shot to the head, back, hip, arm, thigh, buttocks and left leg, he said.
“I can explain that during treatment, there were approximately 8 to 9 bullets in my body.”
Mr Ghanim was unsure why he would be the target of an ambush.
“I can explain that I have never had any problems with anyone,” he said.
He said he had arrived in Bali six months prior to the shooting for his beauty clinic and travelled to Dubai, London and Japan in the lead up to the ambush.
A friend named “Stick” was also staying at the villa at the time of the ambush but was out when the shooting occurred, he explained.
Daniella Gourdeas, however, said she was watching TV when the gunmen stormed the villa.
“I can explain that when the perpetrator first shot the victim Sanar Ghanim, I was crouching in the corner of the room, while the victim was in the bathroom not far from the bed,” she told police.
“After the perpetrator finished shooting, he aimed his weapon at me.
“I then ran out of the room to save myself and passed by the second perpetrator, who ignored me and went straight into the room while firing shots.”
She said she saw one of the gunmen as she ran through a rice field “but he did not chase me” before flagging help and returning to the villa.
“I thought my husband, my sister, and her husband were all dead,” she stated.
“Then I saw my sister, Jazmyn Petra Gourdeas, and we hugged each other.
“At that moment, Jazmyn Petra Gourdeas told me that Zivan Radmanovic (her husband) had died, while my husband was still alive and had been taken to the hospital.”
The trials of accused Australian Darcy Francesco Jenson and alleged gunmen Mevlut Coskun and Paea-I-Middlemore Tupou will reconvene on December 8.
Mr Jenson, who is not accused of being at the crime scene, apologised to Jazmyn Gourdeas during today’s hearing for his part in the bloodshed.
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Sydney plumber Darcy Francesco Jenson says he is sorry for his role in a terrifying gangland-style hit in Bali.
Mr Jenson has read out a prepared statement in a Bali court to one of his victims, Jazmyn Gourdeas, 30, who witnessed her husband being murdered inside a luxury villa in the area of Munggu on June 14.
“Although Jazmyn is absent today I wish to address her,” he told the Denpasar District Court on Monday.
“I’m sure the last thing you want is to hear from me today but I would like to apologise.
“I apologise for my action that led to the passing of your husband, Zivan (Radmanovic), your children’s father, a son of your mother and father in-law and a friend I’m sure of many others.
“I pray that God grants you the strength to carry on and to live in his memory.
“I deeply regret my choices and the guilt that haunts me every day.
“I also would like to extend these apologies and regrets to all those affected by this tragedy.”
Mr Jenson’s statement was then read out by an Indonesian translator.
The 27-year-old is alleged to have been a point man in the brutal ambush, organising logistics such as accommodation, vehicles and a sledgehammer.
Mr Jenson’s co-accused, alleged gunmen Mevlut Coskun and Paea-I-Middlemore Tupou, were also in court for the hearing.
After weeks of attempting to get the surviving three victims of the ambush to testify, prosecutors read out their police statements.
Mr Ghanim, 34, Radmanovic’s wife Jazmyn Gourdeas, 30, and her sister, Daniella, have been asked repeatedly by the court to testify about the terrifying midnight raid but cannot be compelled to appear under Indonesian law.
But Mr Ghanim, 34, from Melbourne, has cited risks to his safety in the wake of the incident during which he was shot up to six times.
The Gourdeas sisters, also from Melbourne, have also alleged to have been intimidated since and will not give evidence in person.
Mr Ghanim fought his way free from his attackers while Jazmyn’s husband, Radmanovic, 32, was executed by the gunmen in a bathroom.
“Their lawyers have said that they could not attend the court and could not also give testimony online because (of) intimidation …” a prosecutor told the court last week.
The court heard a police report had been filed in Australia about the “terror” following a recent incident involving Jazmyn.
The Gourdeas sisters have both been victims of sinister attacks since the ambush, most recently men seen on CCTV stalking Jazmyn’s home.
In July, a man was also captured on CCTV firebombing Daniella Gourdeas’ beauty clinic in South Yarra.
Mr Ghanim has been globetrotting ever since surviving being shot up to six times in the villa he took a long-term lease out in Munggu.
All three victims, however, have made returns to Bali including in the past month.
Mr Tupou, 26, and Mr Coskun, 22, have been charged with murder, premeditated murder and firearms offences.
They are standing trial together.
Mr Jenson, 27, is standing trial separately over his alleged role in aiding the accused gunmen.
All three men are facing the prospect of more than a decade inside Bali’s infamous Kerobokan jail while Mr Tupou and Mr Coskun could face the death sentence.
Mr Radmanovic died from multiple rounds fired into him including a shot to the chest.
Prosecutors are yet to indicate whether they will seek the death penalty over the shooting which is believed to have been sparked by an underworld dispute in Melbourne.
Underworld sources say Mr Ghanim has been a marked man since becoming embroiled in a dispute over stolen cocaine in 2024.
An Australian national giving orders to Mr Jenson over encrypted app Threema, is yet to be identified.
Mr Jenson organised accommodation, rental vehicles and bought equipment on the instructions to the man before travelling with Mr Coskun and Mr Tupou to Jakarta’s airport where his passport was confiscated.
The Australian Federal Police are referring all inquiries relating to the Bali incident to their Indonesian counterparts.
