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Bali murder victim from UK killed on orders of wife, police say | |
(about 4 hours later) | |
The Indonesian wife of a Briton found with his throat cut on the island of Bali has admitted arranging his murder, police there have told the BBC. | |
The man, identified as Robert Kelvin Ellis, 60, was found with his hands tied in a ditch near a paddy field between the towns of Ubud and Kuta. | |
A BBC correspondent in Indonesia said police had told her Mr Ellis's wife had confessed during questioning. | |
The police say Mr Ellis had been living on the island for some time. | |
Officers said he had been living in the Sanur area, on the south coast of Bali, and his wife had recently reported him missing. | |
Found by villagers | |
A BBC correspondent in Indonesia, Alice Budisatrijo, said police had told her that Mr Ellis's wife had confessed to having "ordered the killing". | |
Police have arrested a man suspected to have carried out the murder and are understood to be looking for four others. | |
Detective Wisnu Wardana said Mr Ellis's body had been wrapped in a plastic sheet and a blanket. It was found by villagers. | |
Ida Bagus Putu Alit, head of forensics at Bali's Sanglah Hospital, told the AFP news agency the man suffered "three gashes on the neck" caused by a "sharp weapon". | |
A spokesman at the British embassy in Jakarta said: "We were notified of the death of a British national in Bali. | |
"We stand ready to provide consular assistance." |