An Australian carpenter, facing seven years in jail for a Bali bag snatch, has told 7NEWS.com.au that he did not commit the crime for which he will shortly be tried.

As he entered Bali’s Kerobokan jail on Thursday, where he will spend his first night, Matthew Richard Woods, said he did not snatch a Canadian tourist’s bag.

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“I did not do it. I did not do it,” the 24-year-old told 7NEWS.com.au as he was taken, under armed guard, from a police truck to the jail’s entrance.

He repeated his denials earlier in the day, when he was interviewed by prosecutors, saying he had never admitted to the crime - theft in company and at night - which carries a seven-year maximum jail term.

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Asked by a prosecutor if he had admitted the crime, Woods replied: “I never, not once.”

Woods is accused of snatching the bag of a Canadian tourist in Canggu on June 19 this year.

“I did not do it. I did not do it,” the 24-year-old told 7NEWS.com.au as he was taken, under armed guard, from a police truck to the jail’s entrance. Credit: 7NEWS

According to the police brief of evidence handed over, the victim and her friend were walking when from behind two people on a motorbike rode up and one snatched her bag.

A local began chasing them, shouting "jambret, jambret, jambret tas" meaning "snatcher, snatcher, bag snatcher".

The two men, one of whom it is alleged was Woods, were stopped by security in front of the Pretty Poison bar but after being searched the bag was not found and they were released. The bag was later found about 10 metres away.

The other man, believed to be Australian, has never been found and is on a wanted list.

"Some time later the suspect came back tot he same road. The victim saw him and pointed him out as the snatcher," the brief of evidence says.

After the alleged bag snatch, Woods was chased and arrested by locals. Credit: 7NEWS.com.au

After the alleged bag snatch, Woods was chased and arrested by locals. Photographs released at the time showed him with a bloodied face and cuts.

And at a later press conference, where Woods was paraded by police, he cringed and hid under a table, appearing to cry.

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He has maintained his innocence but prosecutors say they have witnesses, contained in the brief of evidence which was handed over on Thursday, along with a statement from the 20-year-old victim.

The Intelligence Section Head of Badung Prosecutor's Office, Waher Tarihoran, said Woods did not admit the allegations and claimed not to remember what happened on the night in question.

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"He doesn't admit it. He said that he doesn't remember at all about what happened that night," Waher told 7NEWS.com.au.

"He should explain to the court, where he was that night, what was he doing, who was with him, to prove that it was not him that snatched the woman's bag. Show to the court that he really didn't commit the crime. Not only saying forget what happen," he said.

"He said that he was drunk that night. However, he was still driving a motorbike while he was drunk. The only thing he remembers, he was driving motorbike that night.”

Evidence

Waher said in addition to the suspect being handed to police, the evidence - a scooter he had rented, a wallet, mobile phone, the handbag and about $25 - were also handed to prosecutors.

"He actually (allegedly) did it with his friend. However, his friend is still on the wanted list,” Waher said.

"The victim said (in her statement) that he was the one who took her bag. But he told us that the only thing he remembers is that he was driving a scooter."

Await trial

Woods has been held at the police station holding cells since his arrest in mid June but late today he was transferred to Kerobokan Prison to await his trial.

An Australian carpenter, facing seven years in jail for a Bali bag snatch, has told 7NEWS.com.au that he did not commit the crime for which he will shortly be tried. Credit: 7NEWS

Prosecutors now have 20 days to hand the case to the Denpasar District Court for trial. Kerobokan jail governor, Tonny Nainggolan, said Woods would be held in a quarantine cell for three days to acclimatise him to the prison.

He will then be moved to cells in the general crime section.