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UBUD WEEKLY
Weekly Magazine for Ubud and Surrounding No: 50 - 06 Apr - 13 Apr 2018
No. 17 , 28 Jul - 04 Aug 2018
Australian arrested in Ubud over alleged assault, escalation from dog peeing at restaurant
I Made Wena had been visiting his eight months,” Ubud Police Chief Comr.
son, the owner of the place when he Made Raka Sugita explained, as quoted
saw the urination unfold. by Bali Post.
Wena reprimanded Sode for his dog’s This is not the first time that one of
peeing at the restaurant and tried to Sode’s dogs peed at Warung Coconut,
get the dogs out, which the Australian says the victim’s son, Putu Eka
apparently didn’t handle well. The two Sukmana Ananda.
eventually ended up in a physical
altercation, with Sode ultimately The dogs regularly pee on the
An Australian man has been taken into beating Wena, Ubud Police said at the restaurant’s sofa and coconuts, Ananda
police custody in Ubud and could get press conference. told 9News Australia.
two years behind bars after he allegedly
assaulted a Balinese man on July 6. The Balinese man was injured on the lip (coconuts.co)
Ubud Police just disclosed the incident and had to get two stitches, police
to the public at a press conference on stated.
Wednesday.
Wena filed a report with the police over
It all went down one morning when the incident, which led to Sode’s arrest
Aussie Michael David Sode was taking on July 21. He has been named as a
his six dogs out for their daily walk, off suspect and remains in police custody.
leash, police said. The Australian did not resist arrest and
has confessed to pushing and hitting
Things are understood to have the victim, according to police.
escalated quickly when one of Sode’s “He has taken responsibility for his
dogs urinated at the small restaurant actions. The perpetrator is subject to
known as Warung Coconut, peeing on a Article 351 of the Criminal Code with a
chair, sofa, and some of the coconuts. maximum penalty of two years and
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