Chapter 53 Reversal of Verdict: Defence of Innocence

The next day, Mu Mian asked her sister to take her to work early in the morning. She also bought Chen Xue a beautiful cake and a cup of hot cocoa.

Because what happened today might make Chen Xue sad, Mu Mian felt that Chen Xue needed to eat some sweets to relieve her bad mood.

When Chen Xue arrived at the office, Mu Mian had already sent those items for toxicology testing, and now she was just waiting for the results.

"Mu Mian, did you go to be a thief last night? Look at your dark circles. You didn't sleep all night, did you?" Chen Xue stared at Mu Mian for a while, then commented, "If you were more mellow, you could go COS panda."

"I'll treat you!" Mu Mian handed the breakfast she bought to Chen Xue.

"How did you know I didn't have breakfast? That's so thoughtful!"

"Chen Xue," Mu Mian's expression was a little serious, "We may have found evidence to prove Lu Tian's guilt."

To Mu Mian's surprise, Chen Xue was not sad or angry. She bit the bread and stuffed it into her mouth one bite at a time.

"I knew you and Team Fang would definitely find evidence." Chen Xue said, "That's good. The case can finally be solved."

"Shouldn't you blame us?" Mu Mian was a little irritable. She didn't quite understand Chen Xue's expression.

"We are law enforcement officers, and our job is to solve cases and catch the murderer. Lu Tian committed a crime, so we should catch her. Although I sympathize with Lu Tian, ​​I will not protect her."

"Chen Xue, even if Lu Tian committed a crime, she is still our friend." Mu Mian comforted her.

"Mian Mian, she will not consider us friends. Oh, it's really fate that we can't bring a criminal like Lin Qianjie to justice, but we have to catch Lu Tian, ​​the victim, with our own hands."

The results of the toxicology test came out soon. The yellow paper package did contain rat poison.

There was some soil mixed in the bag of rat poison, and there was also soil in the poisoned wine at the crime scene. The impurities in the poison solution are the same, so it can be determined with a high probability that it is the same poison.

The palm print on the surface of the wooden box was also extracted. Based on the size of the palm print and the length of the fingers, it can be preliminarily determined that this palm print belongs to an adult female.

Fang Rui invited Lu Tian back again. This time Nie Yan accompanied her.

Nie Yan looked at Fang Rui and Mu Mian with cold eyes, as if condemning them for aiding and abetting the evil.

Fang Rui asked Xiao Wang from the technical department to extract Lu Tian's palm print, and then compared it with the palm print on the wooden box. The results showed that the two palm prints belonged to the same person.

Now Lu Tian can almost be convicted.

But Fang Rui still decided to give Lu Tian a chance to confess.

In the interrogation room, Fang Rui and Captain Li interrogated Lu Tian together.

"Lu Tian, ​​are you still going to make excuses now?" Fang Rui put the photo of the wooden box in front of Lu Tian, ​​"The rat poison was taken out of this box, right?"

"I don't know what you are talking about."

"You are very aware of anti-detection. You wore gloves to take the poison, but you forgot that the box was covered with dust and your palm prints were left on it." Fang Rui put the photo of the palm print in front of Lu Tian again, "It can prove that you opened the box."

"So what? Can't I touch my own things?" Lu Tian retorted.

"We also have your mother's confession. These evidences together can form a complete chain of evidence, which is enough to convict you!"

Lu Tian looked at Fang Rui, "I didn't do any of this. I don't know."

No matter what Fang Rui and Captain Li said afterwards, Lu Tian said she didn't know and refused to admit it. When asked, Lu Tian started to talk nonsense.

"You are all bad people, you set up a trap to frame me! You are all bad people, go away! Sister Nie Yan, save me, I'm so scared..."

The current evidence has formed a complete chain of evidence. There are even photos to prove that Lu Tian has been to that yacht, and it is useless for her to deny it. But in order to close the case, you must get Lu Tian's confession and confession.

Fang Rui suggested that Lu Tian go to a psychiatrist first, but Captain Li said that since the chain of evidence is there, it is impossible not to get a confession. After he and his assistant interrogated Lu Tian for eight hours, he finally got a confession, and Lu Tian also signed a confession. The case was officially closed.

After the case was closed, the procuratorate quickly filed a public prosecution against Lu Tian, ​​accusing her of intentional homicide.

On the day of the trial, Mu Mian thought about it for a long time and decided to go to the court to listen to the trial. Chen Xue refused to go with her because she didn't want to see Lu Tian being tried in person. Mu Mian could only let Fang Rui go with her.

The gallery was full of people. Mu Mian saw Jiang Yun sitting in the corner of the gallery. She was still wearing sunglasses and had a cold expression. It was hard to tell that she had just experienced the pain of losing a child.

Lu Tian stood in the dock as the defendant. She looked haggard and her eyes were dull. Nie Yan stood beside her with a firm gaze.

Not long ago, the two of them stood together to fight a lawsuit that they could not win, but now they have changed from plaintiffs to defendants, and from victims to perpetrators.

After the prosecutor finished reading the indictment, he thought that the next step would be just a formality. After all, Lu Tian's murder was a done deal and there was no possibility of change. His voice was flat and the lengthy indictment made people drowsy.

The prosecutor said, "Defendant, do you have any objection to the charges in the indictment?"

"I didn't kill anyone!"

The prosecutor's face changed slightly, and he said, "But the evidence provided by the police proves that you are the murderer. You also recorded a confession and signed a confession."

"They mentally abused me and forced me to record a confession. They also signed the confession with my hand." Lu Tian straightened her back, "I didn't kill anyone. I don't know what happened. I was framed!"

The presiding judge reminded, "Defendant, I remind you that changing your confession in court may increase your sentence."

"Your Honor, I really didn't kill anyone. Someone controlled me to do it. I didn't do it myself. It was another person who did it."

The people in the audience were talking a lot. Everyone felt that the defendant was mentally ill. She looked like a lunatic.

Nie Yan said, "Judge, my client suffers from dissociative conversion disorder, which is split personality. She has just suffered a huge psychological trauma, and her memory is confused. In this situation, she may have intermittent amnesia."

The judge was a little angry, and he reminded: "Defense, the court is a very serious place, please don't make up stories casually."

"Your Honor, I have provided a psychiatric evaluation report, which was issued by a psychiatrist from the Judicial Center, Xi Ming, and two psychologists. This report is highly authoritative. The report confirms that my client does suffer from dissociative conversion disorder."

Nie Yan emphasized the word "authoritative" and continued, "My client is a complete mental patient. At the time of the incident, she was unable to recognize and control her own behavior, so I apply for a not guilty plea for my client!" The prosecutor

retorted, "Even if the defendant suffers from dissociative conversion disorder, she is only an intermittent mental patient. How can you prove that she was not in a conscious state when she poisoned?"

"Prosecutor, it is you who thinks she is an intermittent mental patient. Whoever raises this point must give evidence. Therefore, you need to provide evidence to prove that my client was conscious when the poisoning took place." Nie Yan held up the appraisal report in her hand, "This report can prove that my client is a mental patient. Her mental state is extremely unstable and she cannot control her own behavior."

The presiding judge announced that the court would be adjourned to a later date for retrial. They needed to re-evaluate Lu Tian's mental state.

Fang Rui called out to Nie Yan, "Nie Yan, you know very well that Lu Tian does not have dissociative conversion disorder at all. It is illegal for you to let Lu Tian pretend to be sick, and..."

"Fang Rui, it's not me who said she was sick, it was those psychiatric experts who said she was sick," Nie Yan interrupted Fang Rui, "I just took out that authoritative report."

"You can use this to help Lu Tian reduce her sentence."

"The law is not worthy of judging Lu Tian," Nie Yan said with a sarcastic smile, "Lu Tian asked me to ask you, you already know all the truth, do you think she is really guilty?"

Lu Tian felt that this world was very unfair. When she was a child, she was molested by her own uncle, but no one gave her justice, and no one even condemned the beast. However, the neighbors kept slutting her, saying that she was molested because she was too beautiful.

Shen Yuanyuan was raped by Lin Qianjie, and no one gave her justice. Countless strangers used the most vicious words to humiliate Shen Yuanyuan, and finally forced her to jump off the building and commit suicide?

Was she committing a crime? She was just avenging her childhood self; and also avenging the helpless Shen Yuanyuan who jumped off the building.

She tried to let the law judge a scum like Lin Qianjie, but facts proved that it was not possible, so she could only let the scum accept her judgment.

Fang Rui didn't know how to answer this question.

Nie Yan gave them a cold look and left the court.