The ex-husband of Sara Connor, the Byron Bay mother accused of participating in the murder of a Bali policeman, will not front the media today following advice from the Federal government.
Ms Connor and her British boyfriend David Taylor have faced days of interrogation after they were arrested over the death of Wayan Sudarsa, whose bloodied body was found on Kuta Beach in the early hours of Wednesday last week.
Her ex-husband, Byron bartender Anthony “Twig” Connor, who is the father of her two sons aged nine and 11, was due to make a statement on behalf of the family in Sydney.
‘Late last night we were advised by the Australian Government not to hold the conference,’ a statement from a family spokeswoman said.
The spokeswoman apologised for any inconvenience caused by cancelling the 10am event and said an update would be made “in due course”.
Ms Connor is expected to face a charge of participating in a murder after Mr Taylor allegedly admitted to hitting Mr Sudarsa with a phone, binoculars and a beer bottle.
Speaking outside Denpasar Police Station on Tuesday, the district’s police chief Hadi Purnomo said they now believe Mr Taylor’s first account was “a lie”.
Connor has maintained her innocence, saying she only sought to separate the fighting men, but police have cast doubt on that story.
Police chief Purnomo said Tuesday he believed that she had taken part in the killing. A day after the policeman’s body was found, the couple checked out of their hotel and burned their clothes, he said.
They had initially tried to deny any confrontation with Sudarsa and had offered a series of confusing and contradictory accounts of what had happened, he said.
They could face up to 15 years in jail if found guilty of murder.
For four decades The Echo has printed the stories some people loved, some people hated, and some pretended not to read. If you want us to keep telling the truth, the real truth, not the sugar-coated version. We’ll need your support to keep the presses rolling. 
