The Australian man accused of a violent, alcohol-fuelled rampage in Indonesia has had his detention extended until next month, as prosecutors decide whether to charge him with assault.
Bodhi Risby-Jones's lawyer and family had hoped to strike a private deal that would see him released without charge, for attacking a fisherman on the island of Simeulue in the religiously conservative province of Aceh.
But the Queenslander and his parents have not reached an agreement on a demand from the victim's family to pay 600 million rupiah ($61,000) in compensation for injury, suffering and lost income.
The fisherman, Edi Ron, is still recovering from broken bones, 50 stitches and a serious infection in his right foot, after Mr Risby-Jones admitted to attacking him during the rampage late last month.
If the Risby-Jones family and his lawyer can reach an agreement with Mr Ron's family, police are prepared to release him from custody and deport him.
But the negotiations are now complicated by Mr Ron's condition, which appears to have worsened since he left hospital in the provincial capital, Banda Aceh, two weeks ago.
His infected foot has not responded to treatment, the bones have still not healed properly, and Mr Ron says painful nerve damage makes it impossible even to get out of bed.
"I can't move my foot yet, I have to use my hand to lift it up," he told the ABC.
"I can't feel anything in this foot."
He and his wife, Eri Saljuna, now fear he may need to have his foot amputated altogether if the infection worsens any further.
"I am very upset because there's a possibility that this incident may cause my husband to be permanently disabled," she said.
"The doctor in Banda Aceh told us that there are two possibilities. If they can't put a metal pin [in his foot], my husband may have to be amputated.
"We don't know yet how many more months or years it will take for him to recover."
Police have the option to keep Risby-Jones in custody 'even longer'
Despite his slow recovery, Mr Ron has refused to stay in hospital any longer, and chose instead to return to Simeulue Island to recuperate at home.
"He wasn't supposed to leave the hospital yet but we wanted to go home because we thought traditional medicines could help," his wife said.
Mr Risby-Jones has been in detention since police arrested him on April 27, accusing him of running drunk and naked from his room at the Moonbeach Resort, and assaulting everyone in his path.
He was initially detained for 20 days while police prepared a file for local prosecutors.
But prosecutors sent the file back to police, asking for more information.
Now police have extended his detention until early June, and say they have the option to keep Mr Risby-Jones in custody even longer if necessary.
"If the 20 days detention period is up and the prosecutors' office still needs time to process the case then we'll extend his detention," one police officer said.
Mr Risby-Jones has publicly apologised for his actions and earlier this month, he was paraded in a prison jumpsuit and balaclava before a media conference where he admitted to the rampage, but said he didn't know why he had attacked the fisherman.
He told police he had "felt possessed" at the time of the rampage, and that his actions were completely out of character.
"Normally I'm a very nice guy," he said after his arrest.
The 23-year-old also admitted to police that he had been drinking vodka at the resort, where he was on a surfing holiday, but insisted that it was only a "tiny amount".
He also denied he was completely naked, because he was still wearing underwear.
Alcohol consumption and possession are completely banned in Aceh, which is the only province in Indonesia ruled by Islamic Sharia law.
If Mr Risby-Jones is charged, it will likely be under the national criminal law, which means he could face up to five years' jail for assault.
Negotiations stall between Australian's family and fisherman
Ms Saljuna says she and her husband are willing to forgive the Australian if they can reach a peaceful resolution.
They're eager to reach an agreement on compensation.
"[Risby-Jones] was the one who caused harm to my husband and now he can't work to provide for our children's future," she said.
"I don't know what's going to happen in the future because my husband can't return to work."
Her brother, Poni Harjo – a local politician in Simeulue – has defended the family's claim for 600 million rupiah.
They have broken down the claim, saying 100 million rupiah is to cover their daily expenses while he recuperates, 200 million rupiah is for pain and suffering, and 300 million rupiah would help Mr Ron set up a new business, if he can no longer work as he did before.
Though he agreed the compensation could be halved if he recovers fully.
"As for the amount of 300 million rupiah, we are now waiting for the victim to recover," Mr Harjo said.
"If the victim can still work as before, we wouldn't expect that money for him to set up a business."
Mr Harjo stressed that the compensation amount doesn't include medical expenses or the cost of a traditional ceremony, an important custom when a peace settlement is reached.
"If a peaceful resolution is signed with the perpetrator's family, then of course the legal case against him will automatically stop," he told the ABC.
"Because the police report filed by the victim's family would be withdrawn."
Mr Harjo says he has copped considerable criticism in the local community for representing Mr Ron and his family's demand to be recompensed.
"It made it look like I would benefit from the suffering of my brother-in-law. That I stood to gain something from the suffering of another," he said.
"The impact of those amounts now is that it looks like we're extorting the perpetrator's family."
Mr Harjo says Mr Risby-Jones' family have not contacted him personally, but instead sought to negotiate through an employee at the Moonbeach Resort where the Queenslander was staying.
It is understood his parents at Noosa in Queensland have baulked at the amount demanded. But negotiations on a monetary amount are at a stalemate.
"[They] haven't come to visit us or meet me to even ask me how my foot is going, how my condition is," he said.
"[If they approached us], we would accept them with open arms," Ms Saljuna said.
The ABC has spoken to Mr Risby-Jones' mother, but she declined to comment on her son's situation.
