Bali shooting victim Sanar Ghanim worried for safety; Widow of Zivan Radmanovic won’t testify in murder trial
Melbourne underworld figure Sanar Ghanim has revealed why he could not attend the Bali murder trial for Australian Zivan Radmanovi, as his widow Jazmyn Gourdeas also made a shock move.
Melbourne underworld figure Sanar Ghanim, who was shot up to six times by masked men who stormed his Bali villa, has told prosecutors he is too afraid to set foot back in the country.
A Denpasar court heard Ghanim, who survived the attack which claimed the life of Australian Zivan Radmanovic, in the idyllic area of Munggu on June 14, is worried about his safety.
Prosecutors told the court the 34-year-old had been summoned twice to the trial of three Australians accused of the murder but his lawyers had told them he could not come due to a “threat” from someone.
“He worries about his safety,” a prosecutor told the court.
Mother of six Jazmyn Gourdeas, who was also due to testify about the attack at the villa where she was meant to be celebrating her 30th birthday, pulled out at the last minute for an unknown reason.
Jazmyn and her husband Radmanovic had spent two days in Bali with Ghanim and Jazmyn’s sister, Danielle Gourdeas before the incident.
Both will be summoned again to the court next week.
Sources have told this masthead Ghanim was in Bali at the time of the ambush following a dispute with a heavy crime syndicate based in Melbourne.
The accused gunmen — Mevlut Coskun and Melbourne man Paea I Middlemore Tupou — are standing trial together.
Alleged lookout man Darcy Jenson, a Sydney plumber who has told police he was told via encrypted app Threema to hire cars and equipment, is being prosecuted separately.
They are all charged with premeditated murder, murder and firearms offences.
If found guilty the trio could face the death penalty and be executed by firing squad.
The trio have not yet entered a plea to the charges.
Coskun and Tupou’s lawyer Ricky Rajinder Singh previously said his clients had “not told me either way” how they would plead.
Mr Jenson’s lawyers said he believed he was helping a friend, without knowing the alleged murder would take place.
Mr Jenson arrived at court from Kerobokan jail in a different armoured van to his co-accused.
It was revealed outside court that Mr Coskun has also told prosecutors he was contacted over encrypted app Threema and told to head to Bali in order to commit an armed robbery to steal a luxury watch.
Mr Jenson also communicated over the app with an Australian national who has not been identified to date.
The owner of another villa in Canggu, James Alexander, said it was 100 per cent “Mr Darcy” rented his villa for three months.
The court heard Mr Alexander said Mr Jenson told him he wanted to come and go.
Mr Alexander said Mr Tupou and Mr Coskun arrived at a later date with a key.
Mr Alexander said when they arrived they had “many bags” with them and they said they were told to stay at the Lotus Villa by a friend, who they called the “tall Aussie guy”.
“They carried bags, I didn’t know what was in them but they looked heavy,” Mr Alexander said.
“They stayed in their rooms … and played loud music.”
Radmanovic was bashed before being fatally shot while his mate, Ghanim, the former partner of Carl Williams’ step daughter, Danielle Stephens, was shot multiple times but escaped his attackers just after midnight on June 14.
Ghanim has since gone into hiding but has been listed as a witness in the trial.
Jazmyn and Danielle Gourdeas were not physically harmed during the ambush.
A tight security presence surrounds the Denpasar District Court including two guards with semi automatic machine guns at the door or the court.
The trial has already heard that a fourth suspect – an Australian national – was sending orders to Mr Jenson via encrypted app THREEMA in the lead up to the ambush.
The trial continues.
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