Two girls are going through two years in jail for allegedly attacking nail salon workers in Bali.
The ladies, recognized by native media as Andrea CW, 37, from London, and Chansler A, 37, from New York, have been not too long ago arrested when making an attempt to board a flight to Thailand.
It’s been alleged the pair, who have been on vacation on the favored island, assaulted workers of the Ombre Nail Salon in Kerobokan over a misunderstanding about fee.
In accordance with native publication, Coconuts, police stated the ladies had gone to the salon for a physique therapy however didn’t manage to pay for to pay for it. They then allegedly grew to become offended when the workers tried to cost them for the service.
The ladies have been taken to the Badung Police Station for questioning.
“We’re nonetheless investigating the case,” Badung Police spokesman Jansen Aviatus Panjaitan stated in an announcement issued this week.
CCTV footage reveals US girl Chansler, who’s sporting a bucket hat, speaking to a staffer earlier than the pair seem in a tug-a-war battle over money.
The staffer behind the counter may be heard yelling, “you need to pay”.
Chansler is then seen falling backwards and crashing right into a desk after forceful pulling what seems to be cash.
Andrea, from the UK, then seems and steps in, screaming on the member of workers as she holds her arms: “Calm down, I’m making an attempt to provide the cash! Calm down your self, perceive?!”
“Let me inform you one thing. I’m making an attempt to be affordable. I requested you many instances to let me exterior. I ran exterior to get cash. You don’t know what I’m going exterior for. Why have been you making an attempt to carry me hostage?”
The supervisor of Ombre Nails Studio stated: “These prospects got here and requested for therapy in our studio and so they have been knowledgeable concerning the costs and every part, however on the finish they refused to pay the quantities.”
“They blackmailed us that if we stored asking them to pay, they are going to go away a nasty overview, and so they began to verbally abuse our workers,” the supervisor alleged.
“All proof was recorded and is being dealt with by our lawyer, and we submitted a report back to police final evening.”
The supervisor additional alleged the 2 girls tried to take cash from within the cashier and “induced some bodily harm and psychological shock to our workers”.
“We would have liked to catch them to allow them to a minimum of apologise to our workers. A few of them are nonetheless trembling and crying till right now.”
The vacationers have been arrested by police whereas they have been making an attempt to board a airplane to Thailand on the Ngurah Rai Worldwide Airport on December 16.
“The 2 perpetrators entered the immigration space and queued on the counter at round 5.30pm,” Ngurah Rai Immigration officer Gilang Danurdara stated.
“They seemed suspicious as a result of they have been sporting hats and masks. There was an try to deceive.”
In accordance with The Every day Mail, immigration officers stated they matched the ladies’s faces to the CCTV video circulating on-line earlier than handing them to the police.
“The pair have been truly planning to remain in Indonesia till December 22. They have been scheduled to go to Pulau Dewata, however they determined to go away on December 16 following the incident on the salon,” Badung Police Chief Kompol I Made Pramasetia stated.
Andrea and Chansler have been going through expenses for violating Part 1, Article 351 of the Indonesian Penal Code, which states that “maltreatment shall be punished with a most imprisonment of two years and eight months”.
The publication reported they can even be charged beneath Article 335 or “forcing others to do one thing”, which carries a most jail sentence of 1 yr.