Witnesses recount drunk Aussie’s Bali scooter rampage in first day of trial

The Adelaide tradie who fly kicked a man from his bike and went on a drunken rampage has faced his first day in a Bali court where police officers recounted the moment they found him bloodied and hog-tied, as his father listened on.

The fly kicking Australian tradie who smashed a man from his motorcycle in Bali and drunkenly rampaged around Seminyak has faced the first day of his trial.

Nicholas Carr’s father was in the Bali courtroom where prosecutors heard testimonies from four witnesses — three village security officers and a police officer.

They recalled arriving at the scene in early August where the builder’s apprentice had kicked Mr Wayan Wirawan from his bike on Sunset Road, a major highway in Bali, during a booze-induced frenzy.

The 26-year-old had also jumped on to the bonnet of a moving car before continuing running down the street.

Carr faces a maximum sentence of two years and eight months jail for assault and damage to property. Picture: Lukman S. Bintoro

The security officers said locals sprung into action and had hog tied him with garden hosepipe.

“We arrived at the location at 5.30 in the morning to see that the defendant was still being chased by many people … the defendant tied his hands with a rope while waiting for the police to come,” the officers said.

“There was blood … there was a smell of alcohol from the defendant’s mouth.”

Carr responded to the testimonies through a translator, saying “I don’t remember anything because I was drunk”.

The court decided to continue the hearing on Monday, October 21.

The court heard Carr was hog tied with garden hosepipe when police arrived. Picture: Lukman S. Bintoro

Previously, Carr took full responsibility for his actions, apologised publicly and entered into compensation and ‘peace agreements’ with his victims, none of whom were seriously injured.

Before he allegedly smashed Mr Wirawan from his bike, he also raided a home in Seminyak and assaulted the owner who he pushed from a veranda.

He locked himself into a room while terrified locals fled the scene, which was all caught on CCTV.

“My memories on the day and night of the 9th of August was drinking at a bar with mates. A couple of bars. Just drinking and then it got real blurry. Fuzzy. I lost memory. I was disorientated and I don’t have much memory of the actual events. I’m sorry for the damage and sincerely sorry to the victims involved,” Carr said last week.

He is now being held in the island’s notorious Kerobokan jail.

Carr and his father. Picture: Lukman S. Bintoro

Carr was visiting Bali on a 10-day holiday and after the incident he admitted to drinking ‘a lot’ of vodka and cocktails. He also said that he has never taken drugs.

While the court will consider the ‘peace agreements’, possibly in Carr’s favour, they are no

guarantee that he will outplay the charges against him.

He faces a maximum sentence of two years and eight months jail for assault and damage to property under Article 351 of Indonesian law.

Originally published as Witnesses recount drunk Aussie’s Bali scooter rampage in first day of trial