A GRIEVING Dorset couple have spoken of their shock after discovering their son had been killed in the Bali bomb horror.

Douglas Warner, 35, died in the explosion at the Sari nightclub in the beach resort of Kuta on Saturday night.

It is unknown whether he was inside the club or near the area when the car bomb went off.

Douglas's father, John Warner, said at his Shaftesbury home yesterday: "We're all in deep shock and trying to come to terms with our loss."

The bomb, which has claimed the lives of at least 187 people, has been linked by an Indonesian intelligence chief to a sophisticated group like Osama Bin Laden's al Qaida.

Mr Warner was born in Surrey and was educated at Caterham School. Mr Warner served with the Junior Parachute Regiment and in 1987 was selected by Operation Raleigh as a venturer and sent to Indonesia for three months.

Later he was appointed an expedition leader for Operation Raleigh, and then worked with Trekforce and the Camel Trophy Rallies around the world.

He married Ingrid, a local girl from Surabuya, Java, and he and his wife had planned to settle in Bali and build a home on land they had bought there.

On his visits to Dorset, Douglas enjoyed playing and socialising with North Dorset Rugby Club.

In the last year Mr Warner was employed as an interpreter by the United Nations working in East Timor and most recently he worked with the BBC, who were filming in Borneo.

Jez Spicer, chairman of North Dorset Rugby Club, paid tribute to his good friend "Dougie".

"He would come and go but when he was back he would always come into the club and get his boots on.

"He was a good player and played some first team rugby.

"I can remember when he raised money for his first Operation Raleigh expedition, when he sat in a bath of baked beans in Shaftesbury High Street."

Mr Spicer said he had talked to Mr Warner's parents, John and Pamela, earlier yesterday.

"They are devastated. They asked me if I would field the press, which I am happy to do because they are just trying to regroup and sort it out in their heads.

"He will be sorely missed."