Dark sugar is hard to prevent

Chapter 142 Trap (3 more)
142
The first day of the trial ended, and the court announced that there would be another trial in three days. The reporters who attended the trial immediately released the news of the trial.

This case is almost universally concerned.

……

Those keywords successfully pushed this case to the forefront.

There are even voices on the Internet, suggesting legislation to address the repeated prohibition of hotels (including homestays and hotels) providing housing to minors in private.

Netizens enjoy discussing it on the Internet, while parents who have experienced their underage children going out to rent a house or committing suicide due to puppy love emotionally condemn the irresponsibility of the homestay.

However, public opinion is just public opinion, and the law is based on reason.

However, the power of public opinion has also made judges and jurors take extra considerations beyond legal principles when considering the verdict of this case.

Just when everyone thought the case was about to end smoothly, something unexpected happened.

One of the witnesses, Peng Yao, the receptionist who checked in the deceased that night, suddenly overturned the previous confession, claiming that she actually saw that the deceased came to check in with someone else's ID card that night, but she dared not make the decision without authorization, and asked Tang Xi'en, the actual controller of the homestay , which is the defendant's attorney in this case.

The auditorium was in an uproar and whispered.

Fu Shiyu squinted at Peng Yao on the witness stand.

Tang Xi'en's expression remained unchanged, and he quietly looked at Peng Yao.

The plaintiff's lawyer then applied for provisional presentation of evidence.

Judge approves.

The evidence is the surveillance clips at the front desk of the hotel.

Surveillance showed that that night, the two deceased went to the front desk, and after handing over their IDs, Peng Yao took the IDs and compared them repeatedly for a while, but did not check in immediately, but had a short conversation with the other party, and the content of the conversation was unknown.

A few minutes later, Peng Yao used the landline at the front desk to make a call and had a brief conversation with the person on the phone.

Surveillance clearly captured the number she pressed on the landline, which was Tang Xien's cell phone number.

After hanging up the phone, she checked in the two deceased.

The plaintiff's lawyer then presented the call records provided by the operator, proving that the landline at the front desk had indeed made a valid call to Tang Xien's mobile phone, and the call lasted more than [-] seconds.

For a moment, everyone looked at Tang Xi'en, to see how she would prove herself.

Tang Xi'en sat in his seat, staring blankly at Peng Yao on the witness stand.

The latter didn't dare to look into her eyes, and his eyes wandered elsewhere.

The cross-examination begins.

Tang Xi'en suddenly smiled, and asked: "Xiao Peng, how do you prove that the call you made to me was a request for instructions on whether the deceased in this case can stay?"

Peng Yao turned pale, and muttered, "That's what I said."

Tang Xien raised his eyebrows, with a smile still on his face, but his eyes were as sharp as a knife: "You said that your first testimony was perjury under my orders, so may I ask you, before overturning the testimony, did you know that you might Investigated for perjury, prosecuted for obstruction of justice and even jailed?"

Peng Yao was shocked, but still pretended to be calm: "Understood."

Tang Xien: "What benefit did I give you that you are willing to do such a dangerous thing?"

Peng Yao was stunned, looked carefully at the jurors, and said softly, "If you don't say that, our homestay will be in trouble, and I will lose my job."

Tang Xi'en smiled and asked, "Aren't you afraid of losing your job now?"

Peng Yao choked and didn't speak for a while, until the judge reminded her, she stammered: "I, I will look for a job again..."

Tang Xien then asked like a chat: "You are young, you have a good image, and you majored in hotel management. It shouldn't be difficult to find a job at the front desk of a hotel, right?"

Peng Yao's face relaxed a little: "Well, it's okay."

At this time, the smile on Tang Xien's face suddenly stopped halfway, squinted at her, and asked back: "So, it is not difficult for you to find a job, and the reason why you recklessly perjured witnesses is because you did it for less than two months. Is it because I have too much affection for a company that has been in office for less than two months?"

Peng Yao was speechless.

After Tang Xi'en's cross-examination was over, his expression turned cold in an instant.

Fu Shiyu looked at her, and suddenly understood why her nickname was "Gentle Knife".

In the trial seat, the judge and jurors shook their heads frequently as they watched Peng Yao stepping off the witness stand.

Due to insufficient evidence, the court rejected Peng Yao's new testimony on the spot.

However, the plaintiff still added the second and third witnesses, all of whom were bank staff, who confirmed that Tang Xi’en, who had mortgaged his personal property, and the homestay mortgaged the land, had to repay the bank’s loan of up to hundreds of thousands every month;

The fourth witness, another receptionist of the B&B, proved in court that the occupancy rate of the B&B’s rooms was not good. The two owners of the B&B mentioned several times in private that the business was so bad and how to deal with the loan.

Regarding these witnesses, Tang Xien gave up cross-examination because their testimony was true.

The court announced the sentence three days later.

The trial is over.

Tang Xi'en stopped laughing, his face was a little downcast, and he grabbed the edge of the table in the dock heavily.

Fu Shiyu and Li Tao hurried down from the auditorium.

Fu Shiyu didn't ask anything, just said: "Leave here first."

Lin Yuruo helped to pack up the materials, while Li Tao and Fu Shiyu escorted Tang Xien away.

When the reporters waiting at the gate saw her appear, they swarmed up, took pictures of her with their cameras, and tried to interview her.

The whole course of the case has changed.

Originally, the public opinion was not on Tang Xi'en's side, but now, it is even more believed that she is greedy for profit, knowing that the guests are minors, and providing them with rooms.

……

The car drove away from the courthouse quickly.

The three people in the car looked dignified.

Fu Shiyu held Tang Xien's hand all the time, while calling someone to check on Peng Yao, while looking at the silent Tang Xien.

Tang Xi'en looked out the window and didn't speak.

This made Fu Shiyu even more worried. He hung up the phone and asked tentatively, "Are you okay?"

Looking at it from his angle, Tang Xien turned her face sideways, unable to see her expression clearly, only her long eyelashes fluttering up and down.

The atmosphere remained calm.

After a long while, she asked quietly, "Why didn't you ask me why you agreed with Peng Yao to accommodate minors?"

Fu Shiyu held her hand tightly: "I know you won't do such a thing."

Tang Xi'en shook him back, didn't speak, but turned to look at him with gratitude.

Fu Shiyu: "Will her testimony affect the case?"

"Probably not," Tang Xien said. "Her new testimony has been dismissed, and the testimony of the next few witnesses will be of little use."

Fu Shiyu nodded, remembering her sharpness in court just now, and said with a smile: "You are quite a trap for witnesses."

　There is a bit of conspiracy at the front desk, which will be revealed later, but it won't hurt Tangtang.There are two more, continue to swipe, please subscribe^^
　　
　
(End of this chapter)