Chapter 363: The Truth Comes Out
Before Bart Adams could reply, the president had already turned his head, looked at the files on the computer screen, and whispered to everyone present: "Your Excellency, I have here the key evidence against Bart Adams!" With that, he asked the computer to be brought to the judge.
The judge pushed his reading glasses and stared intently at the computer screen, where he read all the evidence in a short time, then nodded to the man next to him, motioning for someone to show it to the jury.
The judge folded his palms, looked at Bart Adams, who looked dazed, with a slight squint, and said softly: "Mr. Adams, may I ask what is your intention in giving Laurant this bottle of perfume?" β
With that, he waved his hand to the man next to him, who quickly took out a sealed perfume bottle and placed it in front of Bart Adams.
Bart Adams looked at the perfume in front of him, his dazed expression showed a hint of abruptness, and then he asked the judge in disbelief: "You mean this bottle of perfume killed the general?" Please, don't be so perfunctory even if you make excuses, okay? β
Hearing him say this, the judge narrowed his somewhat cloudy eyes, picked up the gavel and struck it twice, making a muffled thud, and said solemnly: "Bart Adams, please answer my question seriously!" All you need is to answer yes or no! β
Bart Adams' expression froze for a moment, his brows furrowed, and he wanted to get mad, but after looking at the two court officers around him, he knew that this was not the place to be mad, so he could only nod honestly, "Yes, this is what I gave him as a birthday gift." β
The judge nodded with satisfaction at this time, waved his hand to the person next to him again, and said softly: "This suit is the clothes that Laurant wore on the day of the incident, do you know?" β
Bart Adams frowned and looked at the suit, then shook his head and said, "I forgot, this was all a few days ago, who would remember what Laurant was wearing!?" β
"So, is your answer?" The judge ignored the other party's many words, but interrupted him directly.
"Yes!" Bart's expression froze, and his mouth opened to continue, and finally he took a deep breath and nodded.
"Okay, then let's have our second witness!" Seeing Ba nodding, the judge hummed softly, picked up the mallet and knocked on the table twice, and spoke softly.
Laurant walked out of a dark passage and went straight to the witness stand to stand, and he glanced at Bart Adams not far away with a complicated expression.
Bart also looked at Laurant with a complicated face and a frown, he opened his mouth, wanting to say something to Laurant, but the stern gaze of the court officer next to him suddenly swept over, making him shudder, and finally he could only close his mouth.
"Mr. Laurant, please state what happened that day!" The judge asked.
Laurant did not hide it, and immediately told him how Bart told him to spray perfume that day, these words were in Bart's ears, and he didn't feel that there was anything wrong, because that day was indeed Laurant's important day, and it was normal to tell him to spray perfume.
"Mr. Laurant, did you meet with Mr. Bart before the state dinner?" The judge tapped the gavel and said softly.
There are also agents ad litem in this world, but this matter is very special, they already have enough evidence in hand to qualify, and at this time it is just a formality, so they do not let the agent ad litem appear.
Of course, this is an act of trampling on the law, but the laws of Porterara's country are not very sound, and the court level in their country is still below the executive branch.
So what the executive set them to do, they have little chance of opposition.
Today's purpose, in fact, is to tell the people, or rather, to tell the truth about the death of General Cecil Bolton on Bloy's side.
Laurant frowned and thought about it, then his brows stretched and he nodded slightly, "Yes, we met in the aisle in front of the hotel kitchen, when Bart... The gentleman also instructed me something! β
"Do you remember what it was?"
"Uh... It's just some advice to pay attention to etiquette and the like! Laurant shrugged his shoulders and replied truthfully.
"Mr. Bart, do you admit that what Laurant said is true?" The judge asked Bart again.
Bart nodded, "Yes! β
There's nothing unrecognizable about it, there's nothing in it to think he's a murderer, it's a very normal exchange.
At least, it seemed to him so!
Seeing him nodding, the judge didn't say anything, but picked up the gavel and knocked it, so that the voice attracted the eyes of the jury members who were discussing, and he said to the jury members: "Do you have any questions about the evidence?" Please now question the first witness. β
The members of the jury looked at each other for a while, and finally sent a representative to come out, shook his head, and said, "Your Excellency, the chain of evidence is clear, and we don't mean anything to the evidence. β
"Okay!" The judge nodded, then glanced around the room, pointed to a projection screen next to him and whispered, "Project the chain of evidence obtained onto it!" β
As soon as these words came out, the audience suddenly resounded with a buzzing sound, and it was obvious that many people were discussing it enthusiastically.
Knock knock, after three minutes of commotion, the judge raised the gavel and struck, "Silence! β
The audience suddenly fell silent, and they all looked at the projection screen that had been prepared.
The lights in the courtroom slowly dimmed, and the content on the projection screen was quickly presented in front of everyone, the first of which was a video.
The video was a CCTV footage of Laurant receiving the ambassador and Mr. Cecil Burton.
There are also some textual explanations on the effect that the time and place of contact between the two people during this meeting and the duration of the contact.
After the video was played, it was quickly tuned to the next scene by the controller, which contained the report of General Cecil Burton's medical examination.
This picture stayed for two minutes, allowing everyone to see it clearly.
At this time, everyone couldn't help but talk about it again, because they found that the medical examination report on it showed that Cecil Burton's body was all right except for a slight mental condition.
"Silence!" The judge struck the gavel a few more times, quieting everyone down.
And at this time, the controller flipped the projection screen down, and the content of the next picture was quickly presented in front of everyone.
This time, there are two inspection reports, one on the left for the perfume and one on the right, for the dishes made by Bart Adams, and the text explaining the origin of the two reports and the circumstances of the incident.
The content of these two exams is also quite normal, there is no abnormal situation at all, and everyone at the scene can't help but have doubts on their faces, they continue to search on the two inspection sheets, but they have not found anything abnormal.
Before they could react, the controller flipped down again, and the next picture appeared in front of everyone.
As soon as the content of this picture was presented to everyone for half a minute, everyone couldn't help but look shocked, because they suddenly realized that if the content shown on it was true, then this honest-looking guy was too scheming and terrifying.
What is shown above is not a big deal either, it is written that it is the composition of a drug.
The drug, called NZT-48, is a psychotropic controlled substance, and the main effect of this drug is to stimulate the brain, so that the brain can run at high speeds.
Among them, there are two main ingredients of this medicine, namely Tim Ding'an and Morpholine Powder, of which Tim Ding'an can be used as a seasoning for ingredients, and Morpholine Powder has a bit of natural fragrance and can be used as one of the raw materials of perfume.
The combination of these two drugs is not as terrifying as the efficacy of NZT-48, but there is no problem in stimulating a person's brain.
Especially stimulating the brain of an elderly person whose mental strength is already weak, it is even more problematic.
Bart Adams was also surprised to see the contents of the projection screen, and he didn't seem to know that these two drugs could actually stimulate people's mental conditions.
"I swear, I had no idea that these two drugs combined to have such an effect, and it's just a coincidence, right!? Can this also be used as evidence against me? Bart Adams held up one of his hands, drawing the eyes of everyone in the courtroom.
His slightly wooden face was full of innocent expressions, which made many of the observers present nod slightly.
After all, they also know that this Bart is a hotel chef, and even if this hotel is a five-star hotel, it can't change his difficulty in learning about medicine across the line.
Moreover, the fact that these two drugs can be combined into a new drug is not clear to him, even many professional medical experts.
Therefore, many auditors and pharmacology experts have to admit that this is a coincidence that can no longer be coincidental!
But there was an exception, and that person was Mr. President, with a sneer on his lips, looking at Barth's gaze as if he were looking at a clown actor desperately trying to play, which was so funny and ridiculous.
"Mr. Bart Adams!" The president finally couldn't bear the wooden and innocent expression of the other party, he stood on the first witness stand, turned his head to look at Bart, and said softly: "Do you think your methods are quite clever? β
When Bart heard this, he kept shaking his head like a rattle, "Mr. President, I have no idea what you're talking about!" β
"If you don't become a chef, you're going to be an admirable actor!" Mr. President spread his hands with an inexplicable sigh on his face.
"Since you don't know what I mean, thenβ" The President paused, turning his head to look at the projection light screen, pointing to its contents, and said to Bart, "Mr. Bart, could you please explain what you mean by doing this?" β
As his words fell, the projection light curtain flipped down, and everyone's eyes couldn't help but focus on the past.
This footage is a surveillance camera video of two people talking in the hallway of the front kitchen door from a near-eye angle, none other than Laurant and Bart.
The negotiation between the two in front of the kitchen door was no different from what they saw in the previous surveillance video, they were all doing some conversation.
Among them, the previous perspective is from Bart's side, so you can only see Bart talking to Laurant, and you can see Laurant's expression and all movements, but Bart's expression and some movements are difficult to see.
This time, the surveillance video captured a heads-up view, shot from the oblique angle of Laurant's right rear, and most of Bart's body and his expression can be clearly seen.
The conversation between the two at first was the same as the one captured by the previous top-down surveillance camera, but when the video was halfway through, everyone suddenly saw Bart raise his hand, clutching a perfume bottle in his palm.
He first used this hand to straighten Laurant's clothes on the back of his neck, and then went down, seemingly straightening Laurant's suit, but in fact, everyone clearly saw Bart's thumb pressed on the nozzle of the perfume bottle.
Many ladies who were familiar with the construction of the perfume bottle immediately understood that Barthes's action was obviously spraying perfume on Laurant's body, and it was spraying all the way down his back.
After that, Bart naturally sprayed the perfume bottle on Laurant's front in the gap between helping Laurant tidy up his clothes, and these actions were exposed to the surveillance camera, so that everyone present could see it clearly.
And because of his movements, because of the occlusion of his body and the occlusion of Laurant's body, the video taken by the previous overhead monitor did not record any strange behaviors and phenomena.