Chapter 558 Defend Again
Chapter 558 Defend Again
Everyone was ready in the court. The Judge announced the session was on.
The judicial officer began narrating Oscar''s case again.
"Counsel for the defence, please defend your client."
Josh stood up from his seat and said confidently, "Josh Aaron on behalf of Mr Wells, Your Honor. Plead
not guilty."
Hearing it, the audience was in an uproar like they were in the first hearing.
"Is he out of his mind? How could he say that?"Sitting along with Charles, Loretta said with heavy irony.
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Charles looked like he was listening to a joke, and turned a deaf ear to Josh''s words. He just lowered
his head to check the time on his phone.
He''d told Martina to carry out the n at 10 AM. There was one more hour to go.
The second hearing of Oscar''s case woulde to a climax in theing hour. No one would notice
his secret action at that time.
As he nned, Sarah would be killed in an ident and it would be her fault. Thinking of it, Charles
smiled, in a sinister way.
He looked towards the court and fixed his eyes on Hannah.
Soon, he would help here to a profound realization that she shouldn''t have made him
embarrassed back then; she shouldn''t have turned him down.
Then he took his eyes off her indifferently and watched Josh making himself aughing stock.
"My client has done a lot and achieved great sess in River Town." Josh asserted eloquently, "He
has built the health care system and helped the poor. Besides, he has also donated in his name to
build many primary schools near the edge zone of River Town. He''s a clean official. For what reasons
did he take the bribe of 50 million? He was set up!"
"Can you prove it?" Counsel for the prosecution retorted, "It''s all empty talk without evidence. I''ve made
it clear in the first hearing that Oscar Wells cared none about money, but power! He did all those good
deeds only to show his power!"
"Power?" Josh smiled ironically, "I''d like to ask what ordinary people might choose between power and
"It depends. Quite a lot of people break thew for power."
"Unless they''ll benefit from it."
"Good point." Counsel for the prosecution set him up on purpose, "Oscar had tasted the pleasure of
power. That''s why he took the bribe of 50 million."
"That''s not true!" Josh denied it, "Telling from the existing crime cases, 99% of the offenders in
corruption do it for interest. At least, as far as I''m concerned, nobody except the legal illiterates has
deliberately broken thew for temporary pleasure. If you still remember, my client, Oscar Wells, is a
goodwyer himself. He shut the acknowledged bestwyer of Kensbury City down when he defended
Miguel Cooper in court. It could tell my client is aw expert!"
The prosecutor pulled a long face.
Josh kept going, "To sum up, my client didn''t have any motives for taking the bribe in this so-called
crime of corruption. Counsel for the prosecution, do you think you can prove my client is guilty only with
that fake financial statement and the cash found in his apartment? My client could have 500 million in
the room to show off if he wanted to, let alone 50 million. What was the big deal of it?"
"Nonsense!" The prosecutor was blue in the face, "We have both the witnesses and evidence.
Certainly, Oscar Wells hasmitted the crime of corruption. But you''re twisting the facts and
misleading the crowd now! Your Honor!"
The judge looked at the prosecutor, and they had eye contact for one second. It was all nned.
"The statements of the defence were total nonsense! They''re illogical andcking evidence. Your
Honor. I hope you''ll stay unaffected, and pass a sentence based on justice and equity."
The judge nodded and seemed to have taken the advice of the attorney. He struck his gavel and
announced, "The defence attorney, attention, please. When you make your statements in court, please
provide relevant evidence. Otherwise, your defence might be considered invalid."
Josh was warned. ordingly, the audience began whispering and gossiping, most of whom were
saying that Oscar overyed his hand.
From time to time, Hannah could hear some nders on Oscar, and she looked terrible.
Of course, Susan, who was sitting next to her, had heard it all and felt bad. She didn''t have a good
rtionship with Oscar but he was Hannah''s husband, after all. So she couldn''t bear to see Oscar
being defamed and insulted like that.
Susan held back her anger andforted Hannah, "Don''t mind it. They''re all savages!"
Hannah went back to earth. She nodded slightly and nced at Theodore, who was sitting next to her.
Theodore then turned around to leave the audience seat quietly. He followed Charles, who had left
before him.
The counsels from both parties were still defending intensely in court, but Hannah was focusing on
something else-Oscar was losing in court but she hadn''t given a hint to tell Josh to provide the
evidence, only to make sure everything went well on Manuel''s side.
In the restroom out of the court, Charles phoned Martina up, "Do it now."
"OK," Martina said without hesitation. She just couldn''t wait to kill Sarah.
"Be careful. Don''t screw up."
"Consider it done." Martina said confidently, "We''ve rehearsed it many times. Nothing will go wrong."
"Be careful, anyway."
"OK."
Charles hung up the phone and got out of the restroom quickly.
Theodore came out from the back of the restroom and called Manuel, "It''s time."
"OK. I''ve monitored their conversation."
"Be safe. Keep me informed." Theodore urged.
"OK."
Theodore went back to his seat and he was oblivious. He whispered in Hannah''s ear and thetter
simply nodded.
Hannah had fixed her eyes on the court. Her heart skipped a beat during the whole process, although
she just appearedposed and peaceful.
"Your Honor, since the defence attorney can''t provide the relevant evidence to prove the defendant is
innocent, with our valid evidence through investigation, I plead Your Honor to sentence the defendant
ording to the terms of thew." The attorney for the intiff went straight to the point with a hint of
irony.
Everyone could tell that they just wanted to close the case as soon as possible.
"All jurors shall leave with me to discuss the final trial of the case. Adjourn for thirty minutes." The judge
said in earnest.