The last piece of evidence was that on the second day after the incident, An Zhenbang urgently went to the neighboring city to invite a senior criminal investigation expert. The experienced expert had investigated the crime scene and mapped the situation with great accuracy.
He combined the three people's confessions and the traces left at the crime scene to almost recreate the process of the three people pulling each other.
Zheng Guoqing, the only one who was sober from beginning to end, trembled in his heart. Could this person have the third eye?
Even the electrician's pliers hidden in a hidden place were found.
That’s right, Lu Dong stole the electrician’s tools and broke the street light in advance. Otherwise, how could the street light break at such a coincidence? Did they do something bad and it happened to break down?
The obvious cut on the streetlight wires completely killed Lu Dong and Zheng Guoqing. It was a premeditated ambush on Xiang Lili.
Faced with so many clues, Lu Dong and Zheng Guoqing still refused to admit the facts of the crime. They would have been sentenced to life imprisonment if they had confessed!
However, during the conversation, everyone realized that Zheng Guoqing had poor psychological quality, and the following court hearings were all targeted at him.
The Xiang family focused their attacks on Zheng Guoqing, leaving him speechless.
Among them, Xiang Mianmian contributed a large vocabulary. She has experienced the influence of modern society, her mind is relatively new and quick, and she can always break Zheng Guoqing's defense.
He also cooperated with everyone, gradually guiding them to blame Zheng Guoqing for Lu Dong's illegal operation.
In the end, all the illegal acts were attributed to Zheng Guoqing, including drugging, beating, elbowing people in the head causing deafness, and even the charge of intentional homicide.
The word "bluff" was used vividly by the people in the court.
When Zheng Guoqing knew that he might be sentenced for molesting women and premeditated murder, with a minimum sentence of thirteen years, his psychological defenses collapsed.
However, Lu Dong became an accomplice and was severely beaten. He was given a lenient sentence of no more than three years!
When the judge announced the preliminary trial results, Zheng Guoqing was so angry that he was shaking all over.
He looked at Lu Dong in panic. It was clearly his brother who told him to do this. Why should he take the blame for the crime while the culprit escaped punishment?!
Lu Dong is also in a difficult situation and can't save himself.
He was not stupid and knew that he would not care about his brother's fate. He struggled to defend Zheng Guoqing. The judge said that he was harboring the main criminal and his sentence was increased by one level. If he said one more word, his sentence would be increased by one year.
Who would dare to say that they think the time spent in prison is too short and they would increase the punishment on their own initiative?
Ordinary people don’t know that the law is strict, and they can’t increase the sentence so lightly. It has to be based on laws and regulations. But Lu Dong was frightened.
He had a guilty conscience and was afraid that the verdict would be overturned, so he simply avoided Zheng Guoqing's pleading gaze.
The grasshoppers that were originally on the same rope now fly away on their own when disaster strikes.
Seeing that he was about to face more than ten years in prison, while his brother would be released in two or three years, Zheng Guoqing broke down under the disappointed gaze of his father and brother.
He cried and told the truth.
He told her everything about Lu Dong, and finally asked timidly, "...can I only get three years?"
Everyone in the court breathed a sigh of relief.
The best outcome is for the criminal to admit his crime, because what is provided to the family is just speculation, and even if it fits the situation at the time, it can only be regarded as a simulation.
The judge finally sentenced Lu Dong to fifteen years in prison based on Zheng Guoqing's testimony of defection, twelve years for intentional homicide, and three years for indecent assault on women.
Zheng Guoqing was an accomplice, and the elbow he delivered showed obvious murderous intent, so he was sentenced to eight years in prison.
As for Xiang Lili's lost wages of 126 yuan (March salary) and personal injury compensation of 1,200 yuan (March salary + discretionary compensation) for second-degree minor injury determined by judicial appraisal, they will be shared equally by the Lu and Zheng families.
Neither of them was convinced. In order to evade responsibility, Lu Dong began to accuse Zheng Guoqing of being the mastermind.
Zheng Guoqing said that he was given a lighter sentence because he confessed. Logically, he should have been given a lighter sentence. Why was it not three years as agreed, but more than doubled?
The two men sat in adjacent docks, and the brothers turned against each other and started fighting.
As we all know, once people get angry, they will use the most harsh words to attack each other, so close brothers become mortal enemies and expose each other's shortcomings.
Even when the guards separated the two, they continued to curse and spit at each other with red faces.
The judges and the audience were so disgusted that they ignored the fight between the two noobs.
The guards were unlucky. They were accidentally injured and couldn't avoid it. They wiped the water off their bodies with gloomy faces, and while everyone was looking away, they secretly gave the two of them a lesson in love.
The judge ignored the two men's disturbance and closed the court after announcing their sentences.
Is it easy for them? They were pressured by the county's top leaders to take this case seriously and had to hold an emergency court session just so that everyone could go out and buy things with peace of mind during the New Year.
If they want to appeal, then appeal. The second trial will only be stricter. I wish them good luck.
After the trial results came out, notices were posted in crowded places in the county town for an entire afternoon, clearly describing the cause and effect of the incident and its outcome between the two.
First, to inform everyone that there are no women trafficking gangs as rumored, so they can travel with confidence;
The second is to deter the scoundrels and let them know that it is impossible for them to marry a wife by imitating Lu Dong's behavior, and they may even be sentenced to fifteen years in prison.
The director of the methane plant followed suit and also posted a dismissal notice, saying that Lu Dong and Zheng Guoqing had seriously violated national laws and were dismissed according to law. Their records would be kept and they would never be employed again!
Once they were convicted and their cases were recorded, it meant that there was basically no chance of a comeback for the two of them, and their lives were doomed.
But these two people deserved it. Every family has a daughter or a wife. If they all follow Lu Dong's example and mess around like this, how can they live?
The Xiang family received the expedited verdict that evening and felt mixed emotions.
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