Chapter 828


    Shocked, Henrick turned around and looked at hiswyer for help.


    However, hiswyer pretended not to see him and avoided his gaze because he felt bad.


    To awyer, Justice was victory.


    He would rather lose the case than face the public’s detest.


    Henrick bit his lips. He had no choice but to defend himself.


    “Your Honor, the pollution that my miningpany has brought to the environment is not done


    purposely. I apologize for theck of professional knowledge, and I promise I will learn from this


    mistake. As for my employees’ sries, I have no choice but to owe them first. I will pay them as soon


    as possible!”


    “He’s lying!” Nigel stood up and yelled. “He has the ability to build a mansion that costs a million, but he


    won’t even pay me three thousand for me to pay for my wife’s medical bills! If not for him owing me my


    sry for years, my daughter wouldn’t have died of fever years ago!”


    “Silence!” Everett ordered, but his expression was softerpared to when he looked at Henrick.


    Facing Henrick, he said, “Defendant Henrick Southall, what you said will be counted as part of your


    verbal testimonies. If you lie, you’ll face stricter punishment. I shall ask you one more time. Do you wish


    to plead guilty?”


    Henrick would never admit his crime. “No! I never intended to owe my employees their sries on


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    purpose.”


    Everett scoffed in his mind as he looked at the intiff’swyer. “You may begin your statement,


    intiff.”


    “Thank you, Your Honor.” Nightshire Group’s best attorney, Mr. Benson, walked to the center and


    started listing out the evidence.


    First, he showed a list of assets owned by Henrick and asked for the witnesses to make their


    statements.


    Nigel and other witnesses, including Henrick’s business partners who used to y golf with him and


    the board members of Southall Group, told the jury about Henrick’s wrongdoings.


    With all the evidence presented, Henrick had nothing left to defend himself.


    There’s a saying that everybody hits a man who is down, and Henrick could rte to it right then.


    Just as he thought that he would get at most a few years of jail and pay a small fine, Everett said, “The


    Do you have anything to say in defense?”


    Henrick’s face went pale instantly.


    If he were convicted of the crime, he would need to be locked up for more than a few years.


    “I… I didn’t! How can you say that I killed my wife!”


    Everett nodded at Mr. Benson calmly and said, “intiff.”


    Thetter stood up and stated, “Your Honor, allow me to y a voice recording as evidence.”


    Everett nodded. “Permission granted.”


    The moment Mr. Benson gave his assistant a look, he immediately yed the voice recording in court.


    It was Cindy’s voice.


    In the recording, Cindy was sobbing while describing how she and Henrick killed Maureen and faked


    her suicide together.


    “That’s not true! She’s lying!” Henrick yelled so madly that a policeman had toe up and stop him.


    Everett waited for Henrick to keep quiet before continuing to say, “The defendant has denied your


    evidence, intiff. Do you have other evidence to present?”


    Mr. Benson replied firmly, “Your Honor, please allow the intiff herself to speak in court.” .


    “Permission granted.”


    As the door to the court opened, a pretty woman entered the room.