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Chapter 23 The Court Trial (Part 1)

Officer Lei was unable to answer Cao Yun's rhetoric question, and the chief prosecutor stood up and said, "All medical instruments, including this pair of scissors, have been professionally disinfected and soaked in medical disinfection water. We have conducted experiments. Scissors soaked in disinfection water may cause the fingerprint to disappear."

Cao Yun said: "In other words, the murder weapon and scissors were originally soaked in disinfectant?"

The prosecutor looked through the report and said that after a long time the case was over, he replied: "Yes, we found the ingredients for disinfectant in scissors."

Cao Yun asked: "Have you also found disinfectant in the gloves worn by the defendant?"

The prosecutor was silent for a while and replied: "No."

Cao Yun said: "That is to say, the defendant did not come into contact with the murder weapon?"

The prosecutor replied: "The murder weapon scissors only have disinfectant components at the scissor blade, and there is no disinfectant in about one-third of the handle."

Cao Yun smiled and said, "This means that someone has used the scissors and wiped the disinfectant from the handle. He returned to my question just now. Why did the defendant erase the possible fingerprints on the scissors' handle?"

At this time, a person from the hearing table raised his hand, and the judge hesitated and nodded to let him speak.

This person said: "I am a stomatologist at Gloria Hospital. Our stomatology department needs to use a lot of metal instruments. Every patient is in the doctor's medical treatment. After we use the instrument for examination, the instrument will be placed in the recycling box and clean and disinfect after get off work. There is disinfectant water blended in proportion in the recycling box. The function is only to prevent bacterial contamination, and it does not mean that it can be used before professional disinfection again. The instruments that can be used do not have disinfection water, and have been processed very cleanly and placed in the medical device box for later use."

Cao Yun asked: "Doctor, do you mean that this pair of scissors with disinfectant ingredients is not an unused instrument, but an instrument that has been used and placed in the recycling bin?"

The man nodded: "That's right."

Cao Yun faced the judge and said, "Judge, there are major questions about the direct evidence of the weapon. We know that the scissors were taken out from the recycling bin soaked in the disinfectant water. According to the inspection report, there is no sterilization water on the defendant's gloves, which can prove that the defendant did not take scissors, which is the weapon in this case."

Cao Yun said: "Officer Lei wait a moment. You are a criminal policeman with ten years of experience. I would like to ask you as an expert reference to ask a professional question."

Officer Lei looked at the prosecutor and the prosecutor nodded.

Cao Yun waved his hand, Gao Shanxing picked up a picture board, which was taken by forensic doctors and other photos of the wound shape.

Cao Yun touched his left chest: "Our heart and other parts are protected by ribs. I think everyone knows the shape of the ribs. According to the forensic report and the autopsy results, we can find that the murderer used scissors to kill him. The scissors did not even touch the ribs, and they pierced from the muscles between the two ribs and reached the heart..."

Everyone did not expect Cao Yun to suddenly get stuck. Cao Yun remembered the fact that he commissioned the people from the Major League to find his father. The partner of the Major League was killed by someone from behind and avoided all the bones. Is this a coincidence?

"Lawyer Cao." Gao Shanxing reminded: "Lawyer Cao."

"Oh... I'm sorry, I'm distracted for a while." Cao Yun returned to the court and continued: "Maybe it was a coincidence, but if you look at the thickness of the long scissors, you can do it by accident. Even if an ordinary person does it intentionally, he may not be able to accurately not touch the ribs and reach the heart directly. I think the murderer in this case should be a person with considerable medical knowledge, and the defendant obviously does not meet this condition."

Cao Yun said: "I know the real situation: before the defendant entered the victim's treatment room, the murderer turned into the treatment room through the window of the treatment room, killed the deceased and left the window. According to the location of the treatment room, this may exist. The defendant happened to have entered the clinic and became a scapegoat."

The prosecutor said: "The scissor problem sounds like the main problem, but we are not very clear about the process. Maybe the murderer deliberately touched the disinfectant in the recycling box with clean scissors? You should know that there were only two patients in the fever clinic that day. The witness, the security guard Shibata, not only witnessed the defendant Akatsura holding scissors, but also arrested the defendant Akatsura in the first room."

Cao Yun said: "Yes, Shibata is the first witness, but I have no plans today and have not applied to let him appear in court. The reason is that he knows what he has done and whether he has lie. I hope that he can confess the facts to the police before the second trial in the past or two days."

The prosecutor asked: "What does it mean?"

Cao Yun said: "Shibata was once a policeman after all, and I respect the policeman very much, so I am willing to give him a chance. Judge, I hope that with the question of the murder weapon, the case can be sent back to retrial."

The judge said: "Based on the current trial results alone, it cannot be ruled out that the defendant possesses a murder weapon. It can be seen that you have not prepared enough. The trial of this case will end here today. The second trial will be notified in writing. I would like to remind the defense lawyer not to deliberately keep it a secret and waste everyone's time. Leave the court."

...

In Gaoshan Law Firm, the two were eating cheap fast food, drinking boiled water, and reading the information while eating. Gaoshan Xing said: "Cao Yun, why don't you ask the first witness to appear in court for the first trial?"

Cao Yun said: "I'm not ready yet."

Takayama said: "Witness Shibata can be said to be the most critical witness in this case. Do you want to make a breakthrough from the perspective of myopia or something?"

Cao Yun replied: "I once thought so, but he was a patrolman before. He received a physical examination every year and had no problem with his eyesight. With such official hard information, I can only continue to pick up trash... I have to pick up trash in the afternoon. Can you help me with the following paperwork?"

Gaoshan Xing nodded with rice in her mouth, swallowed it and asked, "Is it the term you said to pick up garbage?"

Cao Yun said: "To be precise, I am a garbage collector."

...

The key point of the second trial was that Shibata witnessed the defendant Akamatsu holding a murder weapon in his hand and a pair of long scissors belonging to the treatment room.

First, the prosecutor asked. Shibata said that what happened that day was the first-floor patrol security guard. He would pass through the fever clinic every half hour. He would enter the aisle of the fever clinic to check, but would not open the door of the clinic. As soon as he entered the fever clinic that day, he heard a sound. Since there was no one in the fever clinic, the door of the clinic was half open, and the sound was particularly clear. He was not very alert, and walked to the door and pushed the door in. He saw Akatsu holding scissors near the door of the second room. He went further and saw the deceased lying in a pool of blood. Akatsu threw away the scissors and fled out. The two sides had a fight and entanglement. Although Akatsu was covered in flesh, Shibata was a patrolman before, with certain professional skills. He quickly subdued Akatsu and called for reinforcements through the walkie-talkie.

After more than a minute of the reinforcements arrived, Shibata always pressed his knees against Akatsuki, who was lying on the ground.

Cao Yun rubbed his hands and took a deep breath and went into battle: "Mr. Shibata, why did he apply for transfer from a patrol officer to be a security guard in the hospital?"

Shibata corrected: "The patrol officer cannot be transferred to the security guard. I found a job as a security guard in the hospital after resigning normally."
Chapter completed!
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