Last ditch appeal hearings for three Bali bombers on death row ended abruptly on Thursday when their lawyer walked out of proceedings in Bali's Denpasar District Court.
The fate of the three is now in the hands of Indonesia's Supreme Court, which will rule on their appeal against their death sentences.
The so-called "smiling assassin" Amrozi, his brother Ali Ghufron, alias Mukhlas, and Imam Samudra are fighting to escape the firing squad.
They were sentenced to death over their roles in the 2002 Bali bombings in Bali's popular Kuta tourist district, which killed 202 people, including 88 Australians.
Their lawyer Fahmi Bachmid had been fighting to have court hearings in Denpasar relocated from Bali to Java, close to where the three are imprisoned.
But Bachmid walked out of the court after the judges said the hearings must proceed in Denpasar. The judges said they would now send their recommendations on the appeal to the Supreme Court, which can either dismiss it, reduce or reaffirm the men's' sentences, or return the matter to the district court for a fresh trial.
"The case is closed, we will send the dossier to the Supreme Court because the authority to decide is in the hands of the Supreme Court," judge Daniel Palltin said.
"Because he left the courtroom he is the one who has abandoned his client."
