The direct evidence Gu Nianzhi obtained from the prosecutor was the surveillance video of an antique shop opposite the small building where the defendant Seth lived.
This evidence was so important that the justice-minded officers in Rothlaw Police Department tacitly acknowledged it and did not mention it to their immediate superiors, York and Ramona, so these two people did not know that there was such evidence until now. .
This surveillance video was originally used by the antique shop to protect the safety of its own store, but it happened to include the area in front of the apartment building opposite.
Seth raised his head suddenly and looked at Gu Nianzhi with horrified eyes. Gradually, a cruel and fierce light slipped through his eyes. Then he slowly lowered his head, stretched out his scarlet tongue and licked his dry lips.
The hearts of the judge and the defendant's stepfather, York, sank.
When was this evidence available? !
How come they don't know? !
The defendant's lawyer turned pale, but he immediately stood up and asked: "Where did the plaintiff's lawyer get this evidence? Why hasn't it been reported to the court before?"
Gu Nianzhi has already saved the surveillance video from the flash drive given to her by the prosecutor to her laptop. At the same time, it has been uploaded to the Chinese Empire's cloud backup, so she is not afraid of others deleting it.
She said calmly: "Of course it is a surveillance video obtained from an antique store, otherwise what do you think? As for the lack of reporting... we only got this video not long ago."
The defendant's lawyer was shocked and couldn't help but look back at York.
York nodded to him expressionlessly.
The defendant's lawyer was confident and said to Gu Nianzhi: "What surveillance video? You have to show it to the court to know whether it is true or false. If it is forged and synthesized..."
"Then let's play it in court." Gu Nianzhi raised his laptop generously. "If there is no equipment that can play it in the court, I can use my laptop to show it to you."
How can it be possible that today’s courts don’t have playback equipment
The judge looked at Gu Nianzhi for a while and then said, "It can be broadcast on the big screen in the court."
Gu Nianzhi, together with the court staff, connected his computer to the court's big screen.
Soon, the scene in front of the apartment building where defendant Seth lived appeared on the big screen.
The time shown in the video was exactly around five o'clock in the afternoon on May 11 last year, which was the time when the victim Li Haiqing disappeared!
Nina, the female defendant in the dock, let out a low howl, lay down on the table and started crying.
I saw her picture on the video surveillance.
She walked out of Seth's apartment building and wandered around the door a few times. At this time, a petite and beautiful female Chinese student wearing an off-white sportswear jogged over and entered the scope of the surveillance video.
It was the victim Li Haiqing.
Nina walked over quickly and called Li Haiqing to stop.
Li Haiqing stopped, and the two of them didn't know what they were talking about. Then, Nina almost took Li Haiqing's arm and entered Seth's apartment building.
Gu Nianzhi pressed pause at this time, and instead of asking the male defendant Seth, he asked the female defendant Nina, "Nina, were you and Seth together on May 11 last year?"
Nina nodded expressionlessly.
The evidence was conclusive and she could hardly hold on anymore.
"Last May 11th was the day Li Haiqing was murdered. Why did you stop her?"
Before Nina could answer, Seth suddenly yelled: "She voluntarily had a threesome with us! You are in charge of too much!"
Gu Nianzhi was not angry. He said "Oh" and asked Seth, "Which day did you 'volunteer'? Do you want to think about it again? Is it the 10th or the 11th!"
Seth's eyes were red and he glared at Gu Nianzhi, unable to speak for a long time.
"You're not talking anymore? This video surveillance is not fake, is it? The day you saw the victim Li Haiqing was clearly May 11th." Gu Nianzhi pointed to the tentative picture on the big screen.
Seth was still stubborn and said with a pinched neck: "Is there a difference between No. 10 and No. 11? Did I remember it wrong? Anyway, she was voluntary! We didn't force her! Also, when she left, she was clearly in good condition. Yeah, who knows what happened next?!”
Gu Nianzhi nodded, "Okay, the first doubt is that you did meet the victim on the day she died, which proves that you were lying before."
"I remembered it wrong! I remembered it wrong! How could I lie?!" Seth almost roared.
Gu Nianzhi gave him a cold look, then turned to look at the judge: "The defendant is yelling at the court, but your honor doesn't care?"
The judge reluctantly said to defendant Seth: "Defendant, please control your emotions. I will not allow a good man to be framed."
"Yes, we will never let a bad guy go." Gu Nianzhi followed, causing Seth to almost jump up again.
The defendant's lawyer quickly came over to comfort him so that he stopped roaring, but he still glared at Gu Nianzhi bitterly.
Gu Nianzhi was not afraid of him at all, and added: "You said she had sex with you voluntarily, and then she left. But I checked this antique store from that day until now, and the surveillance has not seen Li Haiqing leave. Image of your home, how did she leave your home? Did she fly out? Or did she jump out of your window?"
Seth was anxious and said quickly: "The one who jumped! She jumped by herself!"
Li Haiqing's body was found in the woods behind Seth's apartment building, right opposite the back window of Seth's house.
"Haha, you live on the third floor. Did she jump from the third floor? It's really amazing..." Gu Nianzhi said meaningfully, clicked on the video again, and said to Seth's parents who were sitting in the defendant's gallery. : "And you two, let me ask again, did you go to Seth's house to help him destroy evidence? Oh, no, I should say, clean it up."
Seth's stepfather, York, turned pale and his hands trembled.
Gu Nianzhi looked at the male defendant's stepfather, York, quietly without speaking or retreating.
This person is the fundamental reason why the whole case is so difficult.
He dominated the local area where the crime occurred. In the official language of the Chinese Empire, he was the leader of the local police, prosecutors, and law. He also served as the leader of the local democratic party and a deputy to the National People's Congress.
This man also works hard for his stepson.
Gu Nianzhi secretly cursed in his heart, thinking that if Seth were his biological son, he would have forced the case to be closed...
York also looked at Gu Nianzhi, and at this moment, he calmed down.
This female lawyer seemed a little brave, probably because she was a foreigner and thought he couldn't do anything to her, so she dared to say and do anything.
York twitched the corners of his mouth, lowered his eyes, looked away, and stopped looking at Gu Nianzhi.
Gu Nianzhi smiled and curled her lips, and focused her attention on the female defendant Nina. She could see that Nina was about to collapse. Only by starting from her could she get the complete truth about the case.
Gu Nianzhi walked up to her and began to ask: "Nina, what did you say to the victim Li Haiqing that day before she followed you into the apartment? Why did you ask her to enter the apartment?"
Nina held her head in her hands, wailed, and finally said everything. She pointed at Seth and said loudly: "... It's him! He keeps saying that I can't satisfy him! He wants to break up with me! Unless I find another woman to be with him. 3P!”
"Looking for another woman? You found the victim Li Haiqing? When did you meet her?" Gu Nianzhi was also nervous, but still asked calmly.
She could hear the sound of blood gurgling in her eardrums, which made her excited and excited.
This is the time to face the truth.
"Shut up!" Seth yelled at Nina, threatening her with his fists.
Nina also yelled at him: "You beast! You want to ask my cousin to have a threesome with you! My cousin agreed first, then refused! She didn't come that day, so you beat me and forced me to go again Find a woman! Or break up! I was confused for a moment, and when I went downstairs to look for someone, I happened to see Li coming over. I said I had something to do and asked her to help, and she came in with me... "
"Then what?" Gu Nianzhi asked.
Nina now dodged instead.
Gu Nianzhi calmed down and said to her: "Even if you are guilty, you are still an accessory at most. If you can expose the real murderer, I will help you plead with the judge and jury."
Nina took a deep breath, as if she had found hope, and added: "... She knew she had been fooled when she came in, and wanted to run away, and then..." Nina pointed at Seth, "He beat her. It hurts so much, I'm most afraid of him hitting me..."
Nina shrank, as if remembering the day she was beaten by Seth.
"What else?" Gu Nianzhi asked again, hoping that Nina could tell it all at once.
"... But that girl resisted as if she was not afraid of pain..." Nina murmured, her eyes straightened, as if she was lost in memories, "Seth was so angry that he couldn't help it, and finally used his greatest strength to beat her until After knocking her unconscious, he raped her."
"How many times have you been raped?"
"Five or six times? Or seven or eight times? I can't remember clearly..." Nina lowered her head and her voice became smaller.
"Objection!" the defendant's lawyer stood up again.
Gu Nianzhi turned around and yelled at him, "Shut up! I'm still interrogating the defendant about the case! Isn't this allowed?!"
Her eyes were shining, and her angry aura was actually a bit scary.
The defendant's lawyer was shocked by her, opened his mouth, sat down again, and began to check the information.
Nina saw Gu Nianzhi's momentum and was inspired by her. She was no longer afraid of Seth's family. She continued: "... After he vented enough, he realized that the girl was dying. I was scared at the time, Seth Seth said to leave her here and wait for her to die before we come back, so we would have an alibi. But three hours later, when we came back and found that she was still alive, Seth threw her out of the window."
Gu Nianzhi nodded and added: "Seth's apartment is on the third floor, and she was thrown from the third floor."
Then, Gu Nianzhi took out the forensic autopsy report, "This autopsy report shows that Li Haiqing died after being brutally beaten, causing fractures and large-scale bleeding. The subcutaneous soft tissue decomposed into free fat, causing lung obstruction and brain hypoxia." , is the real cause of her death."
※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※
This is the first update.
Remind everyone of monthly tickets and recommended tickets!
There will be an additional update at 7pm.
O(∩_∩)O~.