Three men go on trial for rape and murder of young woman
Three men go on trial for rape and murder of young woman
JAKARTA (JP): A witness testified on Wednesday that the last
time he saw his girlfriend alive was on May 7, two days before
the body of 24-year-old Daisy Mustiko was found in a room at
Wisma Kos Super Ambassador on Jl. Pedurenan Mesjid in Setiabudhi
area, South Jakarta.
Daisy's boyfriend, Aron Kusnadi, 22, told the South Jakarta
District Court that on May 7, a Sunday, the couple attended
services at Theresia Church. Aron later took her to a movie.
"She asked if we could meet on Monday. I told her I was busy
and that we would meet on Tuesday," Aron said at the hearing,
presided over by Judge Purwono.
"On Tuesday, I wanted to confirm our date and tried to call
her at work. The answering machine picked up. I tried her cell
phone, but it was dead."
Aron was the first of 10 witnesses testifying against
defendants Rusdiyanto, 24, and Sutarman, 23, both tailors who
worked at a garment factory near Daisy's boarding house, and
Dadang Hidayat, 18, a cleaning service boy at the boarding house.
Prosecutor Hari Mulyadi earlier charged them under Article 339
of the Criminal Code on murder.
The Article carries a maximum punishment of life imprisonment.
On May 8, the defendants struck Daisy on the head with a
hammer, then raped her. After the rape, defendant Rusdiyanto
banged her head on the floor to shut her up for good.
The subsidiary charge of rape under Article 285 carries a
maximum punishment of 12 years imprisonment.
In earlier testimony to police detectives, Aron said that at
about 8 p.m. on May 9, he went to Daisy's room and knocked. When
there was no answer, he got security guard Denny to open her room
with a spare key.
"The room was in a shambles. The bed was fine, but the blanket
had been pulled to the floor. Her cell phone was missing. Her
car, a white Suzuki Katana, was still parked on the premises,"
Aron said.
Earlier, Dadang told reporters that a day before the incident,
the three defendants had watched a pornographic movie which
showed some violent sexual acts.
The next morning, Sutarman told Dadang that he found Monique,
Daisy's friend, pretty, and Dadang told Sutarman and Rusdiyanto
that he had no problem getting into Daisy's room, Dadang said.
"We saw Daisy parking her car ... and we were sure that her
boyfriend (Aron Kusnadi) was not around," he said.
"With a water hose and a hammer in hand, I brought Sutarman
and Rusdiyanto up with me to her room. I knocked on the door."
Daisy opened the door and Dadang told her that he wanted to
fix the wash basin in her bathroom.
While heading toward the bathroom, he suddenly turned and
grabbed her legs and one of the other men grabbed and covered her
mouth.
"She fought us really hard. She was scratching ... so I hit
her mouth with the hammer. She fell ... I was the first to rape
her, then Tarman, then Rus," Dadang said.
When Sutarman and Rusdiyanto raped her, Daisy was trying to
fight them off, as evident from scratch marks found on their
torsos, and a deep scratch on Rusdiyanto's neck.
After the rape, Rusdiyanto grabbed her hair and bashed her
head on the floor.
Even as Dadang insisted that Daisy died from Rusdiyanto's
actions, a police source said that the victim had not died then.
(ylt)