Chapter 706 Reversal of Thought
Chapter 706 Reversal of Thought
At this moment, Kitano Shunsuke's suspicion of perjury has been maximized.
Even Prosecutor Oda, who had always stood on the side of Kitano Shunsuke, had nothing to say, and the discussions of the many audience members in the gallery began to gradually grow louder, and the entire courtroom became noisy.
Xiang Yuanguang held the coffee to his mouth and looked calmly at Kitano Shunsuke at the testimony stand.
The old detective from Shizuoka Prefecture was already sweating profusely at this moment.
The presiding judge thought about it, then lowered the gavel to maintain order.
"Silence! Silence! Silence is required in this trial!"
The sound of the gavel rang out inside the courtroom, and the gallery gradually quieted down.
Only after the audience was completely quiet did the presiding judge speak seriously.
“It has to be admitted that the new claims made by Attorney Xiang Yuan are indeed very likely to be true.”
"However, the matter of Detective Kitano fabricating false evidence still needs further confirmation. Lawyer Xiang Yuan, do you plan to continue your questioning phase, or replace the criminal in charge and let the new criminal in charge investigate the relevant information?"
The presiding judge asked this, and there was no need to elaborate on Xiang Yuanguang's answer.
"If we delay, something bad will happen. Let's just solve it in court."
He snapped his fingers at Yuan Guang.
"Since it has been determined that this piece of evidence is most likely false evidence, the first question that needs to be confirmed is how this false evidence was created and why no one else discovered that it was false evidence."
"First, when Mr. Tsuda and I first met, he clearly stated that the police had mentioned that his fingerprints were on the false evidence when they arrested him."
"That is to say, this false evidence should have been fabricated before Mr. Tsuda was arrested."
"If I remember correctly, the case happened three days ago. On the night of three days ago, Mr. Tsuda called the police and reported Mr. Komiyayama's situation. Then the evidence was taken away by the police at that time."
"The day before yesterday morning, Detective Kitano found and arrested Mr. Tsuda with an arrest warrant and evidence investigation report."
"Mr. Tsuda believed he was innocent, so he asked me to be his defense lawyer. So, the night before yesterday, Mr. Criminal took a car to find me in the early hours of yesterday morning. I arrived in Shizuoka Prefecture yesterday afternoon."
"Given the length of time that has passed since the entire incident, false evidence could only have been produced three nights ago."
The hedgehog-haired lawyer turned his head to look at Shunsuke Kitano who was standing behind the testimony desk.
"Three nights ago, the vase was transported back to the police headquarters by Detective Kitano. After it was delivered to the police headquarters, it was immediately taken to the Identification Division for trace identification. They wanted to conceal it from everyone without anyone noticing."
"The only time Detective Kitano committed crimes was during that transportation period, right?"
Click————
A heart lock floating in front of Kitano Shunsuke began to crack, and a black chess piece was directly shattered.
The old detective from Shizuoka Prefecture looked serious and spoke immediately.
"This is completely nonsense. You said that I fabricated false evidence during that time, but how is that possible? I went directly to the crime scene and took the four bottles found at the crime scene back to the police headquarters."
"If I want to forge evidence and add Tsuda Hideo's fingerprints, then I must get his fingerprints first."
"But I only saw Tsuda Hideo at the crime scene on the day of the incident, and I didn't have any physical contact with Tsuda Hideo until the next day when I led people to arrest him."
"How could I have come into contact with Hideo Tsuda only on the second morning, but got his fingerprints on the first night?" Kitano Shunsuke refuted Xiang Yuanguang's inference.
However, Prosecutor Oda, who had always stood firmly beside Kitano Shunsuke, fell silent at this time.
The prosecutor from Shizuoka Prefecture moved his fingers in the air, but was unable to form a complete movement like before, as if something was confusing Oda Yoya's heart.
Therefore, when Kitano Shunsuke raised the counter-argument, Oda Yoya, who was supposed to assist, said nothing.
"That's the first half of my first question - how is false evidence created?"
"Actually, this question is easy to answer. Detective Kitano might have really met Mr. Tsuda for the first time, and he had his first contact with Mr. Tsuda the day after the incident. But before that, couldn't he have obtained Mr. Tsuda's fingerprints?"
Xiang Yuanguang tapped his forehead with his finger and spoke softly.
"At this time, we need to [reverse] our thinking."
————Reverse the thinking? Just like what you mentioned when you were refuting Prosecutor Oda?
The presiding judge was a little surprised.
And the next moment, Xiang Yuanguang gave the answer.
"It is impossible for Detective Kitano to contact Tsuda Hideo on the second day and obtain Tsuda Hideo's fingerprints on the first day. But if we reverse this line of thought, we can easily get the answer."
"It was because Detective Kitano got Tsuda Hideo's fingerprints on the first night, so he went to find Tsuda Hideo the next day. No, it doesn't necessarily mean that he got them, it could also be that he knew them."
"Because it wasn't Detective Kitano who personally went to get Tsuda Hideo's fingerprints."
The hedgehog-haired lawyer's voice was confident.
Kitano Shunsuke's expression changed.
"The answer to my first question is that Detective Kitano obtained Tsuda Hideo's fingerprints and fabricated false evidence on the way back to the police headquarters, and Tsuda Hideo's fingerprints were given to Detective Kitano by another person."
“With that, the defense can draw a second question here.”
"Why did Detective Kitano help that person to give false testimony? What was his motive?"
Xiang Yuanguang's finger lightly touched his forehead.
"Someone gave Detective Kitano the fingerprints of Tsuda Hideo, so that Detective Kitano could frame Tsuda Hideo?"
The presiding judge was a little surprised. He couldn't think of any reason why anyone would frame Hideo Tsuda.
Shizuoka Prefecture is a small place compared to Tokyo City, but since Hideo Tsuda could dine at the same table with Yasushi Komiyama, he must be quite famous. This theater director has a reputation as an absolute good guy.
I guess even if you ask Hideo Tsuda directly, Hideo Tsuda wouldn't have any idea who he would have a grudge with, right?
Moreover, Detective Kitano is a veteran detective in Shizuoka Prefecture. It seems a little unreasonable to say that he would help someone to give false testimony to frame Tsuda Hideo. After all, Detective Kitano had no conflict with Tsuda Hideo and they didn't even know each other.
How is it possible that when others asked Detective Kitano to frame Tsuda Hideo, he actually did it?
"If I were to imagine it, it would be [compassion], right?"
(End of this chapter)