Mum admits to Bali murder
A woman arrested over the contract killing of her husband in Bali has confessed to her two Perth-based sons, saying she felt she was possessed by an "evil entity" when she ordered the hit.
Noor Ellis made the admission to her 22-year-old son John from her cell at Denpasar's police headquarters as she waited to be charged over Bob Ellis' murder.
In an exclusive interview with _The Weekend West _, John and his 19-year-old brother Peter said their mother cried as she told them she had paid for the attack on their 59-year-old father.
"In short, she said she had paid the maid to organise it," John said.
She later told Peter she was "sorry that this all happened, and something had possessed her to do it".
Mr Ellis' body was found bound, wrapped in black plastic and dumped in a Balinese rice field 2½ weeks ago.
The two Edith Cowan University students, who flew to Bali in the aftermath of the murder, this week described the "dark fog" that had descended on them as they tried to deal with their father's death and their mother's involvement.
"At this point I wish something else had happened because right now it's like we have now lost both our parents," John said. "The situation both my brother and I now find ourselves in is shocking.
"There is literally nothing worse that could have had possibly happened."
Mrs Ellis remained in custody last night but has yet to be charged over the death of her husband, who had multimillion-dollar business interests across Indonesia.
Her frank confession to her sons follows a similar confession to police two weeks ago when she said she only wanted her husband scared, not killed.
John and Peter, the couple's two youngest sons, attended their father's funeral in New Zealand last week and said they were now trying to make sense of what happened.
"If my father had passed away by another cause, the three of us - Mum, Peter and me - could have been together as a family," John said.
"But with our mother in a prison and our father dead, this whole issue became incredibly distressing and incredibly complex.
"We are not sure what will happen in the days and weeks ahead.
"Will our mother be formally charged with murder?
"What will happen to our dad's significant business interests?
"What will happen to us and our future?
"Who do we trust and believe?
"All we really want at this moment is for truth as to what really happened and why," John said.
"We are potentially facing the loss of both our parents within weeks of each other, but we will accept what happens from here on, just as long as our father's death was not in vain and we can get transparency and resolution, and then closure."
Six people are now in custody over the killing and disposal of the popular businessman.
