Witness, audiotape link Bashara to hit-for-hire plot

Judge orders him to trial on solicitation of murder charges

Detroit— In a tape-recorded setup in June, Robert Bashara allegedly hatched a plan with a Detroit appliance store owner to carry out the killing of a handyman for $20,000 — and a phony complaint from Bashara about a refrigerator would be the cue to set the deal in motion.

Two days later, Bashara allegedly returned to the store on East Warren, made a $2,000 down payment and took a receipt.

Details of four June meetings were revealed Tuesday through testimony and muffled tape recordings in 36th District Court during a preliminary examination before Chief Judge Kenneth King, who ordered the Grosse Pointe Park man to stand trial on charges of solicitation of murder. Bashara faces up to life in prison if convicted.


By Christine Ferretti and George Hunter
From The Detroit News:

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