Yet another Grim Tombstone ™ for terrorists:THREE Bali bombers on death row over the 2002 bombings could soon be executed after a dramatic end to their final appeal today.
Their lawyer Fahmi Bachmid today withdrew from their last-ditch legal appeal, bringing it to an abrupt end.
Outside court, Chief Judge Ida Bagus Putu Madeg said the judges would now treat the appeal, known as a judicial review, as if it had "never existed".
"With this, whatever happened in the previous hearings is considered to not exist," Madeg told AAP after the hearing for convicted terrorist Imam Samudra.
"We will not convey this (case) to the Supreme Court because it's not something for which a decision is needed.
"So the case will stay here. It is considered that the judicial review request never existed."
Denpasar District Court had held three separate judicial review hearings, one for each of the three terrorists: the so-called smiling assassin Amrozi Nurhasyim; his brother Ali Ghufron (alias Mukhlas); and Imam Samudra.
The trio played key roles in the Bali nightclub bombings on October 12, 2002, which killed 202 people, including 88 Australians.
But the hearings became weighed down by a protracted bid to either have the bombers brought to Bali to testify or to have the appeal held in Cilacap District Court, off central Java, closer to their island prison.
No witnesses were called to testify in any of the four hearings.
In court today, Bachmid presented a letter formally objecting to the decision not to move the hearing or bring the convicted terrorists to the Bali court.
"We really object to the judges' decision," Bachmid said.
"The reasons are really unreasonable according to the existing law."
But after a brief adjournment, Chief Judge Madeg said the judges retained their position.
Bachmid then thanked the judges, but said he had no alternative but to withdraw from the case.
"I will give it (the case) back to Amrozi, Samudra and Ali Ghufron, whether to continue with the judicial review or not," he said.
Outside the court an angry Bachmid rejected accusations the entire case had been a tactic to stall the executions.
He said the trio must now send a letter if they wanted to formally withdraw the appeal, a point disputed by prosecutors.
The prosecutor in Amrozi's case, I Wayan Suila, said there was no obligation for the judges to ask the convicted terrorists if they wanted to withdraw the case, and it was now considered closed.
These three devils are known as "the smiling assassins" for the moronic grins they wore in court (see pic at link). I'm sure the hangman will provide a more appropriate expression.