Chapter 45: Crucial Testimony

As soon as the fire squad leader threw out these words, he choked up a defense lawyer who couldn't get up or down. No way, they are not prosecutors and defenders, they are firefighters who use their lives to save people at the scene of fire and disaster, and they are in danger of their lives all the time.

The defense lawyer was also helpless. That's right, he took on this case at the beginning to be famous and money, and he didn't have confidence in the future of the case at all. This Huang Weiming is also really, he usually does so much evil, and now he wants to get rid of his sins and dreams with a few words of his own?

While the defense lawyer was distracted, the prosecutor's side had already opened his mouth to ask the next witness to speak. This witness was thin and small, and it was he who got into the ruins that day and dragged out the dead Zhou Dingguo.

"Presiding judge, jurors, let me tell you what I saw in the ruins that day. The firefighter said to the crowd a little nervously: "I was the skinniest in our group at that time, so when he knew that there was one more person in the end, he sent me in to inspect it." Whether he is dead or alive, we have to bring that person out, and even if he is dead, we have to bring out the body, which can be regarded as a kind of respect for him! When I went in, I saw the body lying flat on the ground, with nothing on its head. Then I reached out and touched his nose, and he was out of breath. When I touched my heart, my mouth was a little cold, and my limbs were a little stiff, and I knew that this person might not be able to be saved. I tied a rope around his ankle and pulled him out again, and finally dragged him out of the hole we had dug......"

"Presiding judge, I have something to say!" Before the firefighter could finish his words, the defense lawyer, who smelled the opportunity, jumped out again and was unwilling to be lonely. It can't be helped, every extra word he says means a sum of money, and if what he says has a better effect, he gets more money. In the face of money, what is face and justice? Does it have anything to do with him?

The presiding judge let out a long sigh of relief, and it was clear that he was already dissatisfied with the defence counsel. However, as the presiding judge, he still controlled his emotions very well, and then said to the defense lawyer: "Defender, in the future, when the witness has not finished speaking, please don't be in such a hurry to interject, please let the witness say his words well?"

"Okay, Presiding Judge, I just found a loophole, I'm afraid I'll forget it later. The defense lawyer replied with some curtle.

"Okay, you say, if there's anything you want to ask, you can ask now. The presiding judge looked at the firefighter who had been robbed, and knew that the defense lawyer's means of interrupting people's train of thought had worked at this time, so he had no choice but to let the defense lawyer continue to ask.

"Okay, thank you, Presiding Judge. The defense lawyer said politely, and then asked unceremoniously: "May I ask the prosecutor, I don't know if you noticed what this witness just said? Just now he said that he tied a rope to the deceased's ankle and pulled the body out of the hole, so did the leg injury mentioned in the autopsy report be suffered at that time? If it was suffered at that time, does it prove that my client's suspicion does not exist?"

As he spoke, the defense lawyer looked at the prosecutor's side with a look of provocation and smugness.

Unexpectedly, the defense lawyer miscalculated this time, and saw that the prosecutor was not nervous at all after hearing his words, but smiled faintly and said: "Defender, you are really in a hurry, and the witness's words have not yet been finished! ”

The prosecutor had a confident smile on his face, and the defense lawyer noticed that the prosecutor used "you" in the first address when addressing him, while the second was "you." What does this mean? This shows that the prosecutor did not take him seriously at all, and regarded him as an object of sarcasm and despised him very much.

Legal workers who have achieved this level are very particular about every word and every word. Every sentence and every word is related to the victory or defeat of the case. And if the prosecutor speaks in this tone, it can only show that the other party has some chance of winning.

The prosecutor motioned for the firefighter to continue, and the firefighter continued with a slightly disdainful smile on his face: "It's ridiculous that the gentleman just now suspected that we had injured the body of the victim! Don't you know that we are a professional rescue team? Respecting everyone who has died is one of our duties. For this reason, we have prepared the body bag, and the body is first packed into the body bag, and then tied to his ankle from the outside, how can the body of the body be injured? If the medical examiner needs to perform an autopsy, will we not cause a lot of trouble for the medical examiner?"

At this point, the firefighter glanced at the defense lawyer with an idiotic look.

"Are you done?" the prosecutor asked, seeing that the firefighters seemed to be finished.

"That's it. The firefighter replied.

"Okay, I'll ask you a question first, and if the defense lawyer has a question, please continue to ask it later. The prosecutor gestured to the defender and continued: "Brother firefighter, were you the only one other than Huang Weiming and Zhou Jianxin who entered the ruins that trapped them? Except for the deceased Zhou Dingguo?"

"Yes, I'm the only one. The firefighter affirmed.

"Okay, then let me ask you, how big is that ruin, and how long have you been in that ruin?" the prosecutor continued.

"It's about four or five square meters, it's very small. If the three of them are inside, they will touch each other. I didn't stay in it for long, and after I put the body in a bundle and then withdrew, there was a ...... before and after About five minutes!" the firefighter recalls the day.

The prosecutor nodded, and then continued: "Did you use the lights in it? Can you see clearly? What kind of structure is there? Is it sturdy or not?"

"Presiding Judge, I need to remind the prosecutor here not to ask too many questions that are not relevant to this case in order to interfere with the court's judgment of the evidence. The defense lawyer saw that the prosecutor asked very carefully, and immediately opened his mouth to fight back with firepower.

"Presiding judge, I have a deep meaning in asking these questions, we need to find out the real situation inside the ruins, because this is related to the real cause of Zhou Dingguo's death. The prosecutor replied unhurriedly.

"Yes, but don't waste too much time. The presiding judge conditionally acceded to the prosecutor's request.

"Okay. The prosecutor agreed, and then turned back to the firefighter who testified: "Go on, please answer the question just now, what is the lighting condition inside the ruins, what kind of structure do you see inside?"

"The lighting conditions are okay, we have emergency lighting, it is the kind of shadowless light, the surrounding environment can be seen clearly, and the light is not dazzling. As for the environment inside, I remember that on the side was a fallen four-hole slab, which was blocked by a piece of concrete, so it didn't completely fall down, and basically stood there. Then there is another four-hole board on top of the four-hole board, and then there are some wall panels and decorative materials or something, so it becomes a small space that is not high above the ground. Oh yes, there's a load-bearing column on the left. Because of the load-bearing column, the four-hole board on it did not slide down, and the whole space was relatively stable, so that the three people were not directly injured by the building, which should be said to be lucky. The firefighter said as he reminisced about the situation. It can be seen that his mind is very clear, and he knows very well what is in front of him, in front of him, left and right, including how that small space is composed.

"Okay, could you please recall again, what is on the ground in that space? Is there anything that can directly jam Zhou Dingguo's neck and directly jam him to death? When you saw the corpse, did he press such a thing on his body?" the prosecutor continued to ask. Only then did everyone understand what the prosecutor was trying to do, he was determining the firefighter's memory and observation, if there was no item in the ruined space that wanted to kill Zhou Dingguo, Zhou Dingguo's death would be in great doubt.

"Presiding judge, I protest against the prosecutor's inducing question, which is to instruct the witness to give an unfavorable answer to us!" The defense lawyer certainly understood why the prosecutor asked this question, and immediately spoke out to stop the prosecutor's question.

This is an important question, but it also reminds prosecutors of the way you ask questions. The presiding judge did not agree to the defense lawyer's protest, but he did remind the prosecutor of the matter.

"Okay!" the prosecutor agreed, and then asked the fireman, "Please recall, what was in that ruined space, what could have caused Zhou Dingguo's death?"

"I know what you're asking, and I can certainly answer that. In fact, I have been thinking about this matter before it came out, and I have even reacted to this problem with our squad leader and leader, but they have no good solution. At this point, the firefighters became a little agitated and spoke a little faster: "Because that ruined space collapsed shortly after we rescued people, and it was useless for us to react to the problem." But since you asked today, I can tell you in court: the little space enclosed by the collapse of the ruins was actually quite clean, and there was nothing in the mess except for some dust on the ground and small pieces of building materials. When I saw Zhou Dingguo's body, he was lying flat on the ground, and at first glance he thought he was asleep, and there was nothing on his body. I can't figure out what could have pressed on his neck, and if something really hit his neck, then why didn't I see anything when I went in? Could it be that Huang Weiming and they cleaned it up?"