Chapter 696: The Noisy Court
Chapter 696: The Noisy Court
"The facts of this case are actually very clear, and there is absolutely nothing for a lawyer to defend."
Oda Yaoya picked up the case materials confidently and said affirmatively.
"The deceased in this case is the famous actor Mr. Yasushi Komiyama."
"The real murderer who killed Mr. Komiyama is undoubtedly the defendant in this case, Tsuda Hideo. There is sufficient evidence to prove that the person who killed Mr. Komiyama was Tsuda Hideo..."
"This is it!"
Present————Evidence [Vase with Tsuda Hideo's fingerprints]
Following Oda Yoya's voice, a bailiff immediately came to the evidence table with a vase and quickly showed the murder weapon to everyone in the courtroom.
Prosecutor Oda spoke affirmatively at this time.
"This is the weapon the defendant used to kill Mr. Komiyama."
"According to the police investigation, the three suspects who previously confessed to the murder, Kengo Katsumata, Osamu Hoshino, and Yumiko Arakura, were merely scapegoats for Hideo Tsuda, and were not the real murderers at all!"
"The reason they surrendered themselves one after another was not because they killed the deceased."
"Instead, they [mistakenly believed] that they had used the vase to kill the deceased————"
The courtroom suddenly became noisy.
Because this murder case involved many celebrities in Shizuoka Prefecture, it was widely circulated in Shizuoka Prefecture, and many murder suspicion hypotheses revolved around the three suspects who surrendered themselves.
Now, Oda Yoya dropped such a bombshell without hesitation as soon as the trial began.
This was equivalent to completely overturning the murder hypothesis published in major news reports in Shizuoka Prefecture, which naturally instantly ignited the emotions of many audience members in the courtroom.
"How is it possible? Why would Tsuda Hideo be the murderer?"
"This is ridiculous. How could there be a case of [mistake] in a murder?"
"That's right, murder is murder. It's impossible for a criminal suspect to not even know whether he has killed anyone or not!"
There was a lot of discussion in the audience, and most of the audience felt that there were problems with Oda Yoya's description of the case.
As a trial that was heavily influenced by public opinion, the presiding judge felt a little awkward when he heard the discussions in the gallery, but his qualities as the presiding judge enabled him to maintain order first.
The presiding judge raised the gavel and struck the table. The sound echoed inside the courtroom and it suddenly became quiet.
"Silence! Silence is required during this trial!"
The presiding judge's gaze fell on Oda Yoya, his eyes were quite serious, and he asked.
"Prosecutor Oda, since you believe that the other three suspects who surrendered themselves were not the real murderers of Mr. Komiyama, but rather that they [mistakenly] believed that they had killed Mr. Komiyama, they surrendered themselves."
"Please provide the corresponding evidence and the details of what happened now!"
————Does the prosecutor of Shizuoka Prefecture also think that the three suspects are here to take the blame?
Xiang Yuanguang, sitting in the defense seat, ignored the noise in the courtroom, as if it had nothing to do with him.
He simply picked up the coffee, took a sip, and then quietly waited for further explanation from Prosecutor Oda Yoya.
Logically speaking, the person who could deduce this result was slightly better than prosecutors Kanai and Sugiura. Perhaps getting Hideo Tsuda acquitted in this case was not as easy as expected.
"Don't worry, Your Honor, you should have read the police investigation, right?"
Oda Yoya patted the case information in his hand complacently and spoke again. "Arakura Yumiko, Katsumata Kengo, and Hoshino Haruyuki confessed that they killed Komiyama Taiji."
"It's true that the police found vases with their fingerprints and punch marks in their respective rooms after the investigation, but the heavy blow they used to attack Komiyama Taiji did not kill Komiyama."
"People only have one life. It is impossible to come back from the dead, even for big stars."
Prosecutor Oda placed the case materials in his hand on the table and made a firm conclusion.
"Therefore, Yumiko Arakura, Kengo Katsumata, and Osamu Hoshino actually only knocked Mr. Komiyama unconscious, but did not kill him. Their so-called murder process was in a certain order, and they made Mr. Komiyama unconscious three times."
"The three of them are guilty of intentional injury or excessive self-defense, but not of intentional homicide."
"The one who really killed Komiyama Taiji was Mr. Tsuda Hideo who delivered the final blow!"
Presentation of evidence [Testimonies of Yumiko Arakura, Kengo Katsumata, and Osamu Hoshino (partial)]
He pulled the investigation information directly from the folder and then took out three witness statements.
It was enlarged using a projector and shown to everyone in the courtroom, and the presiding judge also widened his eyes and looked at the contents of the three testimony records.
Just as Oda Yoya said, the "murder incidents" that the three of them mentioned just happened one after another.
At that time, Oda Yoshiya, who was in charge of the criminal joint investigation, clearly asked them about the time they left after killing Yasushi Komiyama. The order was Yumiko Arakura, Osamu Hoshino, and Kengo Katsumata.
"The last person to arrive at the scene was the defendant in this case, Hideo Tsuda."
"Therefore, the person who stabbed Komiyama Taiji and caused fatal injuries and murder is undoubtedly Tsuda Hideo. There is no other candidate!"
Oda Yoya returned to the prosecutor's seat and made his final remarks.
Hearing this, many audience members in the gallery started talking again.
Although they all believed that the murderer was not Hideo Tsuda, but one of the three celebrity suspects, according to the evidence and reasoning given by Yoya Oda, it seemed that the murderer could not be one of the three celebrity suspects.
After all, the vase in Yasushi Komiyama's room was not touched by the other three suspects.
The only person who could have used the vase in Yasushi Komiyama's room was the defendant Hideo Tsuda, who was the last person to enter Yasushi Komiyama's room, see Yasushi Komiyama's body and call the police!
"Well? Impeccable, right? My reasoning."
The confident Shizuoka Prefecture prosecutor looked at Mukai Genmitsu at the defense table.
He wanted to see if the great lawyer would show any panic in the face of his impeccable reasoning——
However, Xiang Yuanguang did not seem to hear his reasoning. He just touched his chin, as if thinking about something.
Suddenly, Oda Yoya's face looked a little ugly.
Could it be that all his combination punches hit the air?
"What an impeccable deduction! Prosecutor Oda, you were able to find the truth of the case so quickly!"
The presiding judge in the main seat came to his senses and immediately began to praise Oda Yoya.
"This court feels that there seems to be no other doubts in this case."
"Lawyer Xiang Yuan, what do you think?"
(End of this chapter)