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Chapter 596 Gina Lestrade's Testimony
"Well...Juror No. 5's opinion also makes sense."

The presiding judge nodded slightly.

"Then, Director Yan Tu, is it convenient for us to invite the eyewitnesses of the murder of Hosho Reito to the court to speak now?"

In response to this, Yan Tuhaici spoke affirmatively without hesitation.

"Of course, Chief. He's a good boy from my police department. He can testify in court right now!"

"I believe that as the only eyewitness and victim of this case, she will definitely provide key information!"

...the only eyewitness and victim in this case?
Moreover, he is a police officer of Scotland Yard, and he has all kinds of buffs stacked up.

The presiding judge nodded thoughtfully.

"Well, now let's invite the only witness to the murder of Hosho Reito to testify in court."

"Prosecutor Hao, Assistant Attorney Naruhodō, do you have any other opinions on this?"

Although it was a bit strange that Naruhodō Ryuichi brought up such a thing at this time.

However, Karma Hao had no intention of interrupting him and just nodded slightly.

The prosecutors have no objection, and Naruhodō Ryuichi's teammate Naruhodō Ryunosuke will have even less objection.

"The defense has no objection to this. Judge, please allow the new witness to testify in court!"

The barrister said this seriously, and actually had some thoughts in his mind.

Before the trial began, they used Alice's projection technology to communicate with Gina, so they had a general idea of ​​the testimony Gina would give next.

Furthermore, Director Yan Tu and Prosecutor Hao probably didn't know that they had ever talked to Gina about this.

In this way, there might be a hole in the opponent's airtight trap that can be destroyed...

In any case, Gina's next testimony... will be a very important one.

Crunch————

The door of the old London Court was thrown open.

Gina Lestrade appeared at the door of the courtroom. Seeing this scene, the presiding judge couldn't help but push his glasses up in surprise and asked with some astonishment.

"Director Yan Tu, is this the only witness and victim in the case of Hosho Reito that you mentioned?"

"But from what I know, this witness seems to have a criminal history of theft, and is still a trainee police officer. Are you sure her testimony is true and credible?"

It’s not that the presiding judge discriminates against Gina’s identity, but that Gina has a history of perjury.

Even though the other party has turned over a new leaf, he still has doubts about the authenticity of the new police officer's testimony.

Hearing this, Gina Lestrade's brows raised instantly, and she was about to refute the presiding judge's words of distrust.

At this time, Director Yan Tu stopped smiling and looked very serious.

This made Naruhodō Ryunosuke a little confused. This was the first time he saw Director Yan Tu showing a serious expression when facing other people's questions in the courtroom. What was the reason?
Yan Tuhaici knocked on the table seriously and said to the presiding judge.

"Old man, this child is still young. You can't always use the mistakes she made in the past to judge her now."

"Now this child has become a qualified police officer, better than other police officers. I believe her testimony will be true and convincing."

"Little Gina, come on, come to the witness stand, are you ready to give your testimony?"

...Is the Director actually saying such a thing at this time?
Gina was a little surprised. She was flattered and walked to the testimony stand.

Then, he answered Yan Tu Haici's question. "Of course, I'm ready to testify! I can start anytime!"

"Yeah, good, just keep this clean, little Gina, let's get started."

Director Yan Tu smiled and nodded.

【~Testimony about the case of Hosho Reito~】

[Testimony begins]

"My name is Gina Lestrade, a newly commissioned police officer at Scotland Yard."

"Then, well, the Jack the Ripper case gave everyone a headache, so everyone stepped up patrols, and I joined them in patrolling old London at night."

"As a result, I met a person running over on the road in a hurry, saying that she saw a dead body."

"So, we immediately followed her to the location of the so-called body, and we found that the person who was shot and suspected to be dead in the alley was Hosou Reito, who was barely an acquaintance of mine."

"Afterwards, I checked Hosou Reito's body and found that he was still breathing, so I and other police officers took him to St. Andrew's Hospital for treatment."

"As soon as the operation was over, the captain said he received a call from the police station and asked me to stay here and wait for Baosheng Reito to wake up and take a statement. Then they led the team away."

"Then I left the ward temporarily and found Jack the Ripper in the ward."

"Although I wanted to stop Jack the Ripper, it was too late. He shot and killed Hosou Reito who had woken up, then knocked me out and fled the scene..."

"Well... that's all I know, nothing else."

[End of testimony]

Although Yan Tu Hai Ci seems to have entrusted this little guy with an important task...but it sounds like the testimony is not very complete. What is he thinking?
Karma Hao's eyes narrowed slightly.

He wondered if this corrupt policeman who rose to power by killing people was going to give him a "Sorry, I had no choice before, but now I want to be a good guy" scene.

This time the knife has really been handed into the hands of Naruhodō Ryunosuke, but the progress should not be delayed too much.

The witness' testimony contains a lot of blank or ambiguous elements, which not only gives the lawyer the opportunity to gain an advantage, but he also has the opportunity to maintain the advantage and completely crush the lawyer.

"...Come on, Naruhodō Ryunosuke, let me see your limits."

Prosecutor Hao murmured.

However, Naruhodō Ryunosuke had no time to care about the situation of his opponent.

Because he couldn't stop being amazed.

Earlier at Scotland Yard, Gina hadn't said why she was the only one left in the ward...

Didn't expect that he was called away by a call from Scotland Yard?
It sounds like Yan Tu Haici's suspicion has increased again!
No, no matter what, let's try to break the deadlock here now.

The time left for him...is running out!

The barrister slapped his hands on the table and spoke loudly.

"Your Honor, the defense requests to enter the [questioning phase]!"

During this trial, it was rare for the defense to request to enter the questioning phase immediately after the witness' testimony ended. The presiding judge was a little surprised, but still nodded.

"Since the defense has said so... then, the court agrees."

"Paralegh Naruhodō, begin your questioning phase!"

(End of this chapter)