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The trial of Umar Patek, the last of the alleged Bali bombers, got under way on Monday after a wait of nearly 10 years and a manhunt that stretched half a world away.

Patek was indicted under tight security at the West Jakarta District Court on multiple counts of terrorism, murder and document fraud for his role in building the 1,020-kilogram car bomb that killed 202 people, most of them foreigners, at a nightclub in Bali’s Kuta in October 2002.

He was also indicted for his role in a series of coordinated bomb attacks on churches across Indonesia during Christmas Eve 2000 that killed 18 people and for concealing information about a militant training camp that was uncovered in the Aceh foothills in early 2010.

Three of the five charges against him carry a maximum sentence of death. Bambang Suharyadi, the lead prosecutor, confirmed his team would seek the death penalty.

The trial kicked off with prosecutors presenting their case on how Patek worked with two high-profile terrorists, Imam Samudra and Dulmatin, to build the bombs used in the church bombings.

Samudra was the mastermind behind the Bali attack that would follow two years later; he was executed in 2008. Dulmatin was also deeply involved in the Bali bombing and led the training at the Aceh camp before he was killed in a shootout with the police in March 2010.

Bambang told the court that just 20 days before Christmas Eve in 2000, Patek and Dulmatin had received a call from Samudra asking them to come to Jakarta from Pemalang, Central Java, to make bombs to detonate at various churches.

He said Dulmatin had been in charge of rigging the timers and other electronics and Patek was responsible for cooking up the explosives. When it came time to distribute the explosives, Bambang said that Samudra and Dulmatin took over and Patek did not know where the bombs were to be placed.

All the bombs detonated except one. Three people were killed in the capital that night, while 13 others died in simultaneous bombings at churches in seven other districts and cities.

Ashludin Hatjani, one of Patek’s 10 lawyers, denied his client had played a key role in the coordinated attacks.

“He was indeed involved in the church bombings, but it has yet to be proved what the true extent of his involvement was,” he told the court.

He said his side would file an objection at the next hearing to the prosecution’s allegations about Patek’s role in the 2000 attacks and call for the indictment to be revised accordingly. The trial resumes next Monday.

Patek is the last of the Bali bombers to stand trial. Samudra and brothers Amrozi and Ali Ghufron, were convicted and executed. Ali Imron is serving a life sentence.

Patek went on the run after the attack, leaving the country on a forged passport. He was arrested in January last year in Abbottabad, Pakistan, where Osama bin Laden would be killed in May.

3 of 5 Charges Could Bring Death Penalty

Charge #1
Articles 9 and 13 under the 2003 Anti-Terrorism Law, on the use of explosives/weapons to commit an act of terrorism.
Maximum Sentence Death

Charge #2
Article 13 under the 2003 Anti-Terrorism Law, on providing aid to others involved in acts of terrorism.
Maximum Sentence 15 years

Charge #3
Article 340 under the Criminal Code, on premeditated murder.
Maximum Sentence Death

Charge #4
Article 266 under the Criminal Code, on document forgery.
Maximum Sentence 7 years

Charge #5
Article 1 under the 1951 Emergency Law, on weapons smuggling and possession.
Maximum Sentence Death