Accused 'angry' Bali cop was not helped

He is accused of fatally assaulting a Bali police officer and leaving him lying in the sand but British man David Taylor is angry at those who did not help.

Australian Sara Connor

A Bali police officer allegedly killed by Australian Sara Connor and her boyfriend took hours to die (AAP)

The boyfriend of Australian woman Sara Connor says he is "angry" at those who failed to help the Bali police officer he is alleged to have killed.

British man David Taylor and Connor are accused of fatally assaulting Wayan Sudarsa on the night of August 16 last year and then leaving him lying in the sand on Kuta beach.

Dr Dudut Rustyadi who performed the autopsy on Mr Sudarsa said it would have taken the police officer anywhere between two to four hours to die from his head injuries.

It was "possible", the doctor told Denpasar Court on Wednesday, that had Mr Sudarsa received help during that period, he could have been saved.

Taylor said this made him "extremely sad and a little bit angry".

"Many people have said that they came and saw the body on the beach. But no-one managed to call anyone to help the guy," he told reporters after the hearing.

"When I left the scene I even said to someone there is a guy on the beach that needs help and they didn't help him."

Taylor and Connor face charges of murder, fatal assault in company and assault causing death.

The matter returns to court next week.


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