"The Independent Commission Against Corruption, the Independent Commission Against Corruption is amazing. It can wrongly accuse people." Looking at the investigation order sent to him, Judge Guilao shook his head and replied in a London accent:
"Do you have any evidence?"
"Of course there is evidence." The leader of the Independent Commission Against Corruption said,
"We came to you to learn about Robinson's case. According to the information we got, Robinson chased Liu Yaozu with a kitchen knife after finding his daughter dead. In order to cause any casualties, you sentenced him to life for murder. Imprisonment, there can be nothing fishy about it!"
"What's the matter? I strictly follow the legal procedures to make the verdict. The evidence is conclusive that Robinson took a kitchen knife to look at Liu Yaozu. What's wrong with convicting him of intentional homicide? We can't unjustly accuse his son-in-law Liu Yaozu of killing her just because his daughter committed suicide."
Judge Gui Lao retorted very forcefully.
"You know best whether you follow legal procedures. According to Liu Yaozu's confession, he not only invited you to go out to sea and play on the yacht, but also gave you a check for five million. The money was deposited in your private account in Switzerland. There are photos As evidence.”
After speaking, he took out a photo and handed it to Judge Gui Lao.
"Slander, this is slander. Liu Yaozu did give me a check for five million to ask me to show favor to his father-in-law, but I didn't accept it. I am a highly educated person, how can I know the law and break it?"
Looking at the photo in his hand, cold sweat broke out on Judge Gui Lao's face instantly.
He knew the photo was real.
Damn Liu Yaozu, when delivering a check to himself, he deliberately arranged for someone to take a photo to make himself complicit with him. If not for this photo, how could he have sentenced Robinson to life imprisonment.
You know in Xiangjiang.
Even if he kills someone, he can be sentenced to ten or eight years.
Attempted murder, not even hurting anyone!
If this was a life sentence, then there would be no young and Dangerous boys fighting on the streets, they would all be squatting in prison.
"Liu Yaozu gave you someone to show off to his father-in-law, how could you be more trustworthy in your fabrication?" The ICAC commissioner didn't believe the judge's lies at all.
Without talking nonsense, he was taken out of the villa and put into the car.
There are five people inside waiting for Judge Gui Lao. They are all Judge Gui Lao's associates. They have made a lot of benefits by using their power over the years.
——
"Mr. Judge, according to the police interrogation record, the victim was hit by a car and had nothing to do with my client."
If you promise, do it.
On the third day of the prison riot, barristers headed by Lin Chuqiao began to attack everywhere to defend Lu Jiayao and others.
"be opposed to!"
The prosecution lawyer stood up and said, "Although the victim was hit by a car and died, the reason he returned to the car was because he was kicked to the street by the suspect, Lu Jiayao. This was also admitted by the defendant."
“Yes, the victim was indeed kicked to the street by my client, but the circumstances were special.
At that time, my client was besieged by the victim and his accomplices, five or six people, and beat him until he was unable to fight back. The kick was a subconscious counterattack in legitimate self-defense and is forgivable. "
"Justifiable counterattack, defense lawyer, you seem to have forgotten that the victim had already decided to leave, and it was the defendant who pursued her relentlessly."
“I decided to leave, maybe. According to the police’s confession and the information provided by neighbors, the victim went to the defendant’s supermarket to cause trouble more than once or twice.
This time they not only bought and sold by force, but also beat people. My client’s father was beaten to a bloody head and had to go to the hospital for seven stitches.
As a filial son, my father was attacked for no reason. It would be unreasonable for my client to remain indifferent. The fight between the two parties was initiated by the victim, and they should bear full responsibility for what happened. "
It has to be said that whether you have a good lawyer or not when litigating is a completely different matter.
Because Lu Jiayao's family had no money, they could not hire a barrister. He was speechless when asked by the prosecution lawyer in court. Fortunately, the case was not serious in the first place. Even if all the blame was put on him, he was only sentenced to three years.
Now that a barrister came forward for him, the situation in the court immediately changed in Lu Jiayao's favor. Although he could not be completely acquitted, it was much better than before.
"Now this court pronounces the verdict!"
Because it was an old case and there was no particularly favorable new evidence, the judge pronounced the verdict on Lu Jiayao's appeal in just one day.
"Lu Jiayao bears some responsibility for the death of the victim, but considering that it was self-defense and an unintentional kick during the melee, and that he was a first offender, I consider sentencing him to six months in prison.
Considering that Lu Jiayao has already served eight months in prison, I decided to release Lu Jiayao in court.
"yeah!"
When he heard that his sentence had been commuted to six months, Lu Jiayao jumped up excitedly. He was finally free, free.
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"Mr. Huo Zhaotang, I would like to ask again, apart from the deceased He Weile, whether another suspect Wang Kun was involved in this kidnapping." While Lu Jiayao's appeal was going on.
The appeal by Qiu Gangao and others is also ongoing.
"What do you want me to say about this!" Facing the question from Lin Qiaochu, the defense lawyer for Qiu Gangao and others, Huo Zhaotang replied with a smile, "I really don't know, and there is really no need to kill people."
"This bastard, his attitude is exactly the same as last time." Seeing that Huo Zhaotang was still gloating about his misfortune, Ah Hua was very angry. If it weren't for knowing that the backer behind the others was Lei Weidong, he would have stood up and roared just like last time. The court.
"Mr. Situ Jie, according to my client's confession, you once instructed them to abuse lynching to achieve the purpose of solving the case. Do you admit it?"
After Huo Zhaotang went down, Qiu Gangao and others' immediate superior, Western District Police Chief Si Tujie, took the witness stand.
"Mr. Judge, I said it last time. I didn't say this. I will say it again this time. I just asked them to solve the case as soon as possible, but I did not ask them to abuse lynching, let alone kill people.
As a boss, it is reasonable to ask his subordinates to complete tasks as soon as possible, but the police force has strict requirements on how and how subordinates complete tasks.
Therefore, whether the six defendants killed someone or not has no direct relationship with my request for them to solve the case as soon as possible. "
"In other words, my client's beating of the defendant to death has nothing to do with you." Lin Qiaochu asked with a serious expression.
"Yes!" Situ Jie nodded.
"But my client said that when they were interrogating the deceased He Weile, you called them and asked to rescue Huo Zhaotang as soon as possible. Because of your call, they violated the regulations and killed He Weile."
"No, I just asked them about the case. I didn't know they were beating someone." Situ Jie shook his head and denied it.
"you are lying!"
Lin Qiaochu pointed at Situ Jie, then turned to look at the judge and said, "Your honor, I have evidence that I need to provide to the court to prove that Situ Jie is lying."
"Okay!" The judge nodded and signaled Lin Qiaochu to take out the evidence.
"You must rescue Huo Zhaotang before the stock market opens tomorrow. This action will not be made public, and everything will not be recorded. I will protect you if anything happens.
Understand!
If this matter is not handled properly, the people above will fall out, and neither you nor I can afford it, do you understand? "
To Situ Jie's surprise, what Lin Qiaochu took out turned out to be a phone recording between himself and Qiu Gangao. How could this be possible? He made the call in the director's office and there was no way anyone could eavesdrop on it.
As for Qiu Gangao.
If they had this intention, why didn't they bring it out during the last trial, so that Qiu Gangao and others were sentenced to four years in prison.
"Your Honor, I protest. This was obtained through illegal wiretapping and cannot be used as evidence." Seeing that Situ Jie was speechless, the prosecution lawyer stood up.
Because of the need for freedom of speech, the law in Xiangjiang clearly stipulates that eavesdropping and informant activities must be registered. If they are not reported to superiors, the evidence obtained will be considered illegal and will not be admitted by the court.
"Your Honor, this recording was provided to me by Director Meazi. As for whether the source is legitimate and whether it has been filed with superiors, that is not my concern. You can ask Director Meazi.
I just want to ask Mr. Situjie who the superior who put pressure on you is and can you tell him in court. Lin Qiaochu looked at Situjie and said.
"That's right, the questions asked by the defense lawyer have nothing to do with this case!" the prosecution lawyer stood up and retorted.
"Your Honor, the reason why my clients beat people to death was because their superior, Mr. Situ Jie, put pressure on them and had no choice but to execute the prisoner.
The reason why Mr. Situ Jie put pressure on my client was because someone put pressure on them, which led to the death of He Weile. I demand that Mr. Situ Jie must answer truthfully. "
Lin Qiaochu retorted.
"this!"
The judge looked to his left and right and looked at the whole question carefully.
But he knew the identity of Lin Qiaochu, the Queen's Counsel of the Oriental Group. This time he came forward, obviously with Lei Weidong's hint, to act as a backer for Qiu Gangao and others.
If you refuse, you will easily offend Lei Weidong.
This is a guy who gives even the Governor a headache, a little judge himself.
"The witness must answer." The judge said with a headache.
"yes!!"
Situ Jie felt no pressure to betray Qiu Gangao and others, because it was normal for superiors to throw subordinates out as cannon fodder, but if subordinates turned in superiors, they would offend many people.
"Mr. Situ Jie, this is a court. Perjury is a very serious crime. What you just said has violated the law. Do you still want to hide it?"
Seeing Situ Jie's hesitation, Lin Qiaochu pressed forward step by step, leaving Situ Jie no room to take a step back.
"It's the person in charge of the Political Department." Situ Jie thought for a while and decided to betray the people in the Political Department. Because the Political Department and the police force were on separate lines, there was still a chance of survival if he betrayed himself.
"After Huo Zhaotang was kidnapped, the kidnappers demanded a ransom of one billion. In order to save her husband, Mrs. Huo found the head of the Political Department, hoping that he could put pressure on the police and rescue Huo Zhaotang without reporting the crime.
Because the case occurred in the Western District, the person in charge of the Political Department called me and formed a rescue team headed by me. The specific actions were assigned to Qiu Gangao and Zhang Chongbang from the Western District Serious Crime Team.
Because there was too much pressure from the Political Department, I had to put pressure on Qiu Gangao and force them to use some unconventional means to rescue Huo Zhaotang. "
"In this case, why did you lie to the judge? You know that because of your testimony, my client received unfair treatment and was sentenced to four years in prison. You are not afraid of their retaliation against you.
As a star police officer in the West District, my client has arrested as many as 80 prisoners in the past ten years. You know how they were treated after entering prison.
I have a report here that records in detail the treatment of Qiu Gangao and others after they were imprisoned. It can be said to be shocking. I did not expect that the prison system in Xiangjiang is so dark.
An honest person would be worse off than dead inside. "
No matter how ugly the judge's face was, Lin Qiaochu took out the prepared information and handed it to the judge, jury and even Situ Jie.
"this!"
Seeing what Qiu Gangao and others were doing in prison, Situ Jie broke out in cold sweat. As the direct superior of Qiu Gangao and others, Situjie knew the temper of Qiu Gangao and others.
If they are really abused in prison, then after they come out, they will be the first to take revenge on themselves and Huo Zhaotang. In that case, they will be in danger.
"I, I don't want this. It's all the director. If the director hadn't called me, I wouldn't have put pressure on Qiu Gangao and the others." Thinking that he might die, Situ Jie confessed to the director.
"Director, Director of the Security Department, Mr. Situ Jie, you mean that Mrs. M is also an insider. She asked you to rescue Huo Zhaotang as soon as possible."
Seeing Situ Jie pulling Mrs. M out as a shield, Li Qiaochu was very happy. Even though Mrs. M and Lei Weidong were not in conflict during this period, in fact, their brains were almost drained from the beating behind their backs.
That is to say, Gui Lao is still licking the wounds caused by the pound crisis, and the outside world and the mainland are supporting Lei Weidong, otherwise he would have struck a thunderous blow at Lei Weidong.
The same is true for Lei Weidong.
This attack on the prison system and the judicial system is also to gain greater profits and kick out the ghost gang's power from Hong Kong as soon as possible.
"No, the director probably doesn't know. It was her secretary who called me in the name of the director." Situ Jie did not dare to betray Mrs. M directly, so he put the blame on Mrs. M's secretary Qian Banni.
"Your Honor, I also want to ask Huo Zhaotang a question, why did he deny that he was kidnapped? You must know that although it has not been announced to the public, the fact that the police team became a task force and killed people has been widely known.
In this case, Huo Zhaotang still denied it. I hope the court will convict Huo Zhaotang of contempt of court. "After capturing Situ Jie, Lin Qiaochu took advantage of the victory and pursued it, setting his sights on Huo Zhaotang.
"Okay, let Huo Zhaotang appear in court." The judge nodded and asked someone to take Situ Jie down and summon Huo Zhaotang to appear in court.
What surprised everyone was that Huo Zhaotang seemed to have disappeared without a trace.
(End of chapter)
