Girlfriend glad at conviction

Hanabeth Luke with Bali bomb victim Marc Gajardo

The girlfriend of Bali bomb victim Marc Gajardo has spoken of her relief at the conviction of one of the chief bombing suspects.

Amrozi bin Nurhasyim has been found guilty and sentenced to death over the double bombing which killed more than 200 people last year.

Hanabeth Luke, 22, was with mechanic Mr Gajardo, 30, from Carnon Downs, near Truro, at the time of the blasts. She escaped injury.

The couple were in Bali to enjoy the surfing before heading to Australia where they had been planning to make a permanent home.

Hate is not going to make me feel any better Hanabeth Luke

Speaking to BBC News Online from her home in Australia, Miss Luke said: "Obviously this has been on my mind since the bombing and it's fantastic news.

"But I am just glad that he is not around any more to plan any more bombings."

Seeing a man behind the bombing convicted left her with no feelings towards the bombers.

"They are not important to me," she said.

"I see them as very lost and pretty bloody nasty people, but I do not hate them.

"Hate is not going to make me feel any better."

Indonesia had dealt its own form of justice with the death penalty, but she doubted it would be much of a deterrent to would-be bombers.

She said: "It is a good thing they have been brought to justice, but life does not have the same value to them.

"They are quite ignorant and brainwashed."

Awaiting trial

The two bombs, which ripped through a busy nightclub area in the island's popular Kuta district on 12 October last year, killed mostly foreign tourists.

Australia suffered the greatest number of casualties, with 88 Australian nationals losing their lives.

Thirty-eight Indonesians, 23 Britons, nine Swedes, seven Americans, six Germans and four Dutch nationals were also killed.

In all, citizens from 21 countries died in the blasts.

Amrozi is one of five main suspects linked with the Bali bombings. The others are awaiting trial.

Miss Luke, who spent time in England fund-raising for those affected by the atrocity, has returned to her home town of Byron Bay, New South Wales where she is returning to university.

Mr Gajardo's father Ray, mother Carole, and elder brother Steve visited the site of the bombing earlier this year.