Chapter 749: Dragon-like Reversal
Chapter 749: Dragon-like Reversal (4)
After the presiding judge lowered the gavel, the entire First Courtroom fell silent.
Unlike the previous case of "Masked Reversal", this case is not an internal trial that is not open to the public. After all, the social impact of this case is completely different from the previous case.
The person who died in the last public case, a diplomat, was not well known to many people.
But the victim of this case, Makoto Kusakabe, was sniped on a crowded train, and Makoto Kusakabe himself is a very prestigious and even well-known prosecutor.
The Japanese public security has no way to suppress and block this incident directly like the previous one.
Therefore, the trial of this case is open to the public. At this moment, sitting in the gallery are not only police personnel and the defendant's family members, but also many ordinary people.
"Before we begin the trial, Prosecutor Iwai, may I ask if you have completed your preparations?"
The blond chief judge looked at Iwai Sayoko who was sitting in the prosecutor's seat.
The chief prosecutor of the Tokyo Public Prosecutors Office had already made all the preparations that the prosecutor should make in the trial of this case. Therefore, when the blonde presiding judge asked her questions, she nodded without hesitation.
"Of course, Your Honor, the prosecution is ready."
The blond presiding judge couldn't help but sigh at the image of this capable female prosecutor.
Compared to Prosecutor Guiyue, whom I had met several times before, prosecutors like Prosecutor Iwai, who have the body shape of an adult woman, seem more reliable and trustworthy.
However, the true level of Sayoko Iwai's ability will still be revealed in the trial.
The blond judge turned to look at the defense seat and asked sternly.
"Lawyer Xiang Yuan, may I ask if the defense has completed its preparations?"
Xiang Yuanguang touched his chin and then nodded.
"Of course, the defense's preparations have also been completed. Your Excellency the Presiding Judge may begin the trial."
Now the prosecution and the defense have reached a consensus on starting the trial.
The blond judge sitting in the main seat naturally didn't say much nonsense.
He raised the gavel in his hand, lowered it again, and then spoke loudly.
"Well, this court hereby announces that the trial of the sniper attack on Makoto Kusakabe, a prosecutor of the Public Security Department of the Tokyo Public Prosecutors Office, will now begin. Please invite Ms. Iwai Sayoko, the chief prosecutor, to give a brief account of the case."
The blond judge gave instructions.
Although there was no need to speak at this time, Mukai Genmitsu and Koshimizu Nanatsuki stopped their small movements at the same time. They looked up at Iwai Sayoko sitting in the prosecutor's seat.
————As the chief prosecutor, Sayoko Iwai is an extension of the will of Japan's public security.
Unlike criminal cases, the trial court for public safety incidents is basically completely controlled by members of the Japanese Public Security Bureau. Sayoko Iwai's subsequent narration of the case will directly affect the presiding judge's decision.
They only needed to listen to Sayoko Iwai's account of the case to know what the Japanese public security was thinking.
"Well, the prosecutor will now begin his case."
Sayoko Iwai, who was standing at the prosecutor's seat, said calmly. For her, a veteran who was once an ordinary prosecutor and later took over as a general prosecutor, this process was very familiar to her, so she didn't even need to look through the case files.
He just turned the page symbolically and spoke directly without even looking at it.
"The victim in this case is Makoto Kusakabe, a well-known ace prosecutor in the Public Security Department of the Tokyo Public Prosecutors Office. The person who tried to kill him was the remnant of the Oni-Tiger Group, a gangster organization that was once wiped out by Makoto Kusakabe."
"Naoji Utsunomiya, Shusuke Noda, Keiki Matsuda."
Iwai Sayoko read out the names of the three people sitting in the dock.
When the defendants heard their names, they raised their heads and cast their gazes at Iwai Sayoko who read out their names. When they saw the bailiffs next to them moving towards them, they immediately lowered their heads.
They knew without thinking that Iwai Sayoko was calling out their names in order to sue them.
And this is indeed the case. Iwai Sayoko then narrated the subsequent process of the crime.
"After being released from prison after being detained for several months, the three remnants of the Oni-Tiger Group planned to take revenge on Prosecutor Kusakabe, who had once helped the Oni-Tiger Group catch them all. Therefore, they kidnapped Koichi Yamabe, a police officer in Saitama Prefecture who had won first place in a shooting competition."
"To ensure that Yamabe Koichi can carry out the crime as they planned."
"They also kidnapped Yamabe Koichi's girlfriend Eri to threaten him, and made Yamabe Koichi practice shooting repeatedly at the place where the train must pass, to ensure that they could shoot and kill Prosecutor Kusakabe the moment he passed by."
"However, Yamabe Koichi deliberately left clues to guide members of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department in their investigation."
"Finally, when Yamabe Koichi deliberately missed his target, members of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department captured three remaining members of the Oni Tiger Group at the sniper scene, and rescued Eri, who was kidnapped by the remaining members of the Oni Tiger Group, at another location."
Iwai Sayoko's voice was calm.
Just the basic facts of the case were enough to cause many listeners in the gallery to whisper.
It has to be said that just by listening to the calm narration of the chief prosecutor, they already felt that the three defendants really deserved to die. They were definitely guilty of numerous evil deeds and used any means necessary to do so. Furthermore, their target was a prosecutor who was a household name and had an excellent reputation.
Why would a defendant like this need a defense lawyer? It would be too slow to just take him to a target shooting position!
"Ah, if you listen to it like that, then it's definitely what he deserves."
The blond judge in the main seat nodded slightly.
Although he had already read the case file of this case, but when he heard Iwai Sayoko's further narration, he couldn't help but have the thought: "Oh my God, why are the Oni Tiger Group so bad?"
He turned his head to look at Xiang Yuanguang in the defense seat.
This legendary lawyer who appeared in court to defend the remnants of the Onitō-gumi is still holding a coffee cup, sipping it intermittently, and seems to be completely unconcerned about Iwai Sayoko's statement and the public opinion brought about by the scene.
This performance also made more and more audience members in the gallery focus their attention on Xiang Yuanguang.
————Although Xiang Yuanguang is indeed a household name and a famous lawyer whose reputation is not even worse than that of Kusakabe Makoto, he can even single-handedly reverse the reputation trend of lawyers in Tokyo.
But they were still confused by the fact that Xiang Yuanguang was defending a criminal who was obviously guilty of serious crimes.
Could it be that this famous legendary lawyer who stood on the side of justice finally became a scum of the legal profession and a super lawyer like Kensuke Kumimon just because he ate instant noodles every day?
(End of this chapter)