A woman is recovering at her home in Perth after a terrifying ordeal in which she was bound, gagged and beaten in a holiday villa in Bali.
Christine Cheryl Raeside, 57, was attacked by four armed robbers while staying in a rented two-storey villa in the village of Pererenan last Tuesday after her husband Peter had returned to Perth for work.
Mr Raeside, who brought his wife back to Perth on Thursday, said she was still quite shaken, and was undergoing medical checks and trauma counselling.
But, he said, he had nothing but praise for the Bali police who vowed to catch the men who terrorised her.
Recent attacks on foreigners on the resort island have prompted Bali's police chief to issue orders to shoot criminals on sight if necessary.
Mr Raeside said his wife woke in the villa's upstairs bedroom at 1am (local time) to find four men in the room. They grabbed her, gagged her with a sarong and tied her hands behind her back.
A knife was held to her throat and the men demanded money but she said she had none.
"Then they grabbed her head and started bashing it on the concrete floor, demanding: `Money, money, money'," Mr Raeside told AAP.
The bandits then started stealing items including an iPad, computer, cameras, jewellery and cash.
Mr Raeside said a knife was put to his wife's throat again, she was assaulted and again they demanded money.
They stopped their attack when she started screaming.
After the men left, the former bank employee and mother of three bit off her mouth gag and crawled onto the balcony to call for help.
But no one came.
She managed to bump herself down the stairs and find a knife to cut her bonds before finding help nearby.
Police were called and her husband arrived that evening.
Mr Raeside said the police response was impressive, with 50 officers, including the Bali police chief, attending.
"He assured us that Bali police would do everything in their power to apprehend the offenders.
"That is very comforting, to know that the police are being that serious to help us. I have only got high praise for them."
Mr Raeside said he and his wife had loved Bali and had often stayed in their leased villa but it was now up to her whether they returned.
Australian consular officials have been in touch with the Raesides and promised to inform them of any developments in the police case.
Ms Raeside's ordeal is one of a string of attacks on foreigners on the resort island in recent months, prompting authorities and tourism operators to fear for Bali's image as a holiday destination.
Bali's police chief, Inspector General Hadiatmoko, has issued tough orders to officers.
"The police have to act firmly and, if necessary, shoot on sight if perpetrators try to escape arrest," he told the Jakarta Globe newspaper.
He gave the order after American national Philip Mimbimi was stabbed in the leg as he fought off intruders during a home invasion in North Kuta, also in the Badung area, on Sunday.
The 35-year-old is recovering in hospital.
Police said the intruders had been arrested.
That attack came after the wife of a retired British pilot was found dead in her North Kuta home on January 19. Police believe Lusiana Burgess, 46, was also the victim of robbery.
