The state prosecutor and the lawyers for the defendants had agreed to a plea arrangement, which included a revised indictment and agreement on the sentence both sides would request of the court. The judges accepted the arrangement.
However, they said that Abasi deserved a stiffer sentence. “The accused was the living spirit behind this organization which led to murder,” they wrote.
Abasi was accused of activity in a terrorist gang, illegal possession of arms, attempting to solicit a kidnapping for murder or extortion, conspiracy to commit a crime, being accessory to murder and attempting to solicit a murder.