Wife of slain Aussie in Bali execution thanks police, memorialises husband

The wife of Australian Zivan Radmanovic, who was gunned down in Bali, has paid tribute to ‘the best dad in the world’ in a touching letter.

The wife of a man gunned down in a luxury Balinese villa has penned a letter, thanking investigators, and memorialising her late husband as “the best dad in the world”.

Lawyers for Jazmyn Gourdeas and her sister Daniella, who survived the murderous raid, read the letter at a press conference on Tuesday thanking local police and their lawyers for “their help and support”.

“My husband was a loving man and the best dad in the world, now I have the unimaginable (task) of going home to tell them that he’s no longer here,” the letter, read by lawyer Sary Latief, said.

“Please respect our privacy so we can grieve his loss.”

Zivan Radmanovic, 32, with his wife Jazmyn Gourdeas. Picture: Facebook

Three Australian men have been arrested over the alleged shooting of the 32-year-old father Zivan Radmanovic, and now could face the death penalty if charged and subsequently convicted.

Australian nationals Darcy Francesco Jenson, 37, Coskun Mevlut, 23 – both suspected of being the gunmen that stormed a luxury Badung villa – and alleged lookout man, Tupou Pasa Midolmore, 37 were arrested over the brazen execution.

Radmanovic, had arrived in Bali with Ms Gourdeas, a mother of six, to celebrate her 30th birthday.

Ms Gourdeas hid under covers in a bedroom inside their Badung villa, near the area of Canggu, as two masked men wearing helmets allegedly used a sledgehammer to smash their way into their lodgings.

Police Identification Team doing crime scene investigation at Casa Santisya Villa. Picture: Lukman S. Bintoro

Photographs show Radmanovic was badly beaten before his murder in a bathroom.

Police say they have recovered 17 bullet casings, 55 projectile fragments, a sledgehammer, masks and jackets as part of their investigation.

Another man, Melbourne underworld figure Sanar Ghanim, 34, was shot during the early morning raid but escaped with his life.

According to The Straits Times, Mevlut and Midolmore allegedly left Indonesia via Soekamo Hatta Airport in Jakarta on a flight bound for Cambodia which transited through Singapore, reportedly on June 16.

Darcy Francesco Jenson, one of the Australian suspects arrested at Jakarta Airport, is transferred to Bali for the investigation over the murder of Zivan Radmanovic. Picture: Supplied

Jenson was arrested as he attempted to board the flight.

Mevlut and Midolmore, however, made it through transit in Singapore and then to Phnom Penh, Cambodia, where they were denied entry into the country.

The pair was put on a flight back to Indonesia via Singapore.

Once the pair reached Singapore they were briefly detained before being flown back to Indonesia on June 17.

Originally published as Wife of slain Aussie in Bali execution thanks police, memorialises husband