Chapter XXIII: The Trial (I)
Officer Lei couldn't answer Cao Yun's rhetorical question, and the chief prosecutor stood up and said: "All medical utensils, including this scissors, have been professionally disinfected and soaked in medical disinfectant water. ”
Cao Yundao: "In other words, the murder weapon scissors were originally soaked in disinfectant?"
The prosecutor looked through the report, and after a long time, he replied: "That's right, we found disinfectant ingredients in the scissors." ”
Cao Yun asked, "Did you find disinfectant in the gloves worn by the defendant?"
The prosecutor was silent for a moment and replied, "No." ”
Cao Yundao: "In other words, did the defendant not come into contact with the murder weapon?"
The prosecutor replied: "The scissors of the murder weapon only have disinfectant water at the edge of the scissors, and there is no disinfectant at about one-third of the handle. ”
Cao Yun said with a smile: "This shows that someone has used this scissors and wiped the disinfectant on the handle, and it goes back to my question just now, why did the defendant erase the fingerprints that may exist on the handle of the scissors?"
At this time, a person in the hearing table raised his hand, and the judge hesitated, nodded and let him speak.
"I'm a dentist at Glotia Hospital, and we use a lot of metal instruments in our dental department, and every time a patient visits a doctor, we use the instruments to check them, and the instruments are put in the recycling bin, which is cleaned and disinfected after work. The proportional sanitizer in the recycling bin is only used to prevent bacterial contamination, not to say that it can be used until it is professionally disinfected again. The instruments that can be used are not disinfected, have been treated very cleanly, and are placed in the medical device box for later use. ”
Cao Yun asked: "Doctor, what do you mean is that these scissors with disinfectant water are not unused instruments, but used instruments that have been placed in the recycling bin?"
The man nodded, "That's right." ”
Cao Yun said to the judge: "Your Excellency, there are major doubts about the direct evidence of the murder weapon. We know that the scissors were removed from a recycling bin soaked in disinfectant water. According to the examination report, there was no disinfectant on the defendant's gloves, which can prove that the defendant did not hold scissors, which is the murder weapon in this case. ”
Cao Yun said: "Officer Lei, wait a minute, you are a criminal policeman with ten years of experience, I would like to ask you as an expert to ask a professional question." ”
Officer Ray looked at the prosecutor, and the prosecutor nodded.
Cao Yun beckoned, and Gao Shan Xing picked up a drawing board, on which were X-rays taken by forensic doctors, photos of the shape of wounds, etc.
Cao Yun touched his left chest: "Our heart and other parts are protected by ribs, and I think everyone knows the shape of the ribs." According to the forensic report, as well as the results of the autopsy, we can find that the murderer used scissors to kill with one blow, and the scissors did not even touch the ribs, but pierced through the muscles between the two ribs and went straight to the heart......"
Everyone didn't expect Cao Yun to suddenly get stuck, Cao Yun remembered that he entrusted the people of the big league to find his father, and the partner of the big league was killed by someone from the back, avoiding all the bones. Is this a coincidence?
"Lawyer Cao. Gao Shan Xing reminded: "Lawyer Cao." ”
"Oh...... Sorry, wandering for a while. Cao Yun returned to the courtroom and continued: "Maybe it's a coincidence, but everyone looks at the thickness of this long pair of scissors, not to mention doing it unintentionally, even if an ordinary person does it intentionally, he may not be able to accurately reach the heart without touching the ribs." I think that 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 like this: before the defendant entered the victim's treatment room, the murderer climbed into the diagnosis room through the window of the treatment room, killed the deceased and then left through the window, according to the location of the treatment room, this possibility exists. It just so happened that the defendant entered the clinic and became a scapegoat. ”
"The scissors issue may sound like the main problem, but we don't know the process very well, maybe the killer deliberately touched the disinfectant in the recycling box with clean scissors? The eyewitness, who was also the security guard Shibata, not only witnessed the defendant Akamatsu holding scissors, but also arrested the defendant Akamatsu in the first room. ”
Cao Yun said: "That's right, Shibata is the first witness, but I didn't plan to do it today, and I didn't apply for him to appear in court." The reason is that he knows what he has done and whether he has lied, and I hope that before the second trial in the past two days, he can confess the facts to the police. ”
The prosecutor asked, "What do you mean?"
Cao Yun said: "After all, Shibata used to be a police officer, and I respect the police very much, so I am willing to give him a chance." Your Excellency, I hope that the case can be remanded for a new trial on the basis of doubts about the murder weapon. ”
The judge said: "Based on the current trial results alone, it cannot be ruled out that the defendant has a murder weapon, and it can be seen that you are not very well prepared. I would like to remind the defense lawyer not to waste everyone's time by deliberately selling the relationship. Withdraw from court. ”
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In the Takayama Law Firm, the two of them ate cheap fast food, drank boiled water, and read information while eating. Gao Shan Xing said: "Cao Yun, why don't you ask for the first trial to let the first witness appear in court?"
Cao Yun said: "I'm not ready yet. ”
Gao Shan Xingdao: "The witness Shibata can be said to be the most critical witness in this case, do you want to break through from the perspective of myopia and the like?"
Cao Yun replied: "I used to think so, but he used to be a patrol officer, and he undergoes physical examinations every year, and his eyesight is completely fine...... I'm going to pick up trash in the afternoon, can you take care of the paperwork for me?"
Gao Shan Xing nodded with rice in her mouth, swallowed it and asked, "What term do you mean to pick up garbage?"
Cao Yun said: "To be precise, I collect garbage. ”
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At the second trial, the key point was that Shibata witnessed the defendant Akamatsu holding a murder weapon in his hand, a long pair of scissors belonging to the medical room.
First of all, the prosecutor asked, Shibata said that what happened that day, he was a patrol security guard on the first floor, and he would pass by the fever clinic every half hour or so, and he would enter the corridor of the fever clinic to check, but he would not push open the door of the clinic. As soon as I entered the fever clinic that day, I heard a bang, because there was no one in the fever clinic, the door of the clinic was ajar, and the sound was very clear. He was not very vigilant either, walked to the door, pushed the door in, and saw Akamatsu holding scissors in his hand near the door of the second room. He took a step forward and saw the dead lying in a pool of blood. Akamatsu threw away the scissors and ran away, and a fight and entanglement ensued. Although Akamatsu was full of meat, Shibata was a patrol officer and had certain professional skills, so he quickly subdued Akamatsu and called for reinforcements through the walkie-talkie.
For more than a minute after the reinforcements arrived, Shibata kept his knees on the back of Akamatsu, who was lying on the ground.
Cao Yun rubbed his hands and took a deep breath, and went into battle: "Mr. Shibata, why did you apply to be transferred from the patrol police to the hospital as a security guard?"
Shibata corrected: "The patrol officer cannot be transferred to the security guard, and I found a job as a security guard in the hospital after leaving the job normally. ”
"Haha, you can hear it, you speak very logically. Although what you just said is very rigid, it is very clear. ”