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Chapter 558 Defend Again

Chapter 558 Defend Again

Everyone was ready in the court. The Judge announced the session was on.

The judicial officer began narrating Oscar's case again.

"Counsel for the defence, please defend your client."

Josh stood up from his seat and said confidently, "Josh Aaron on behalf of Mr Wells, Your Honor. Plead not guilty."

Hearing it, the audience was in an uproar like they were in the first hearing.

"Is he out of his mind? How could he say that?"Sitting along with Charles, Loretta said with heavy irony.

Charles looked like he was listening to a joke, and turned a deaf ear to Josh's words. He just lowered his head to check the time on his phone.

He'd told Martina to carry out the plan at 10 AM. There was one more hour to go.

The second hearing of Oscar's case would come to a climax in the coming hour. No one would notice his secret action at that time.

As he planned, Sarah would be killed in an accident and it would be her fault. Thinking of it, Charles smiled, in a sinister way.

He looked towards the court and fixed his eyes on Hannah.

Soon, he would help her come to a profound realization that she shouldn't have made him embarrassed back then; she shouldn't have turned him down.

Then he took his eyes off her indifferently and watched Josh making himself a laughing stock.

"My client has done a lot and achieved great success in River Town." Josh asserted eloquently, "He has built the health care system and helped the poor. Besides, he has also donated in his name to build many primary schools near the edge zone of River Town. He's a clean official. For what reasons did he take the bribe of 50 million? He was set up!"

"Can you prove it?" Counsel for the prosecution retorted, "It's all empty talk without evidence. I've made it clear in the first hearing that Oscar Wells cared none about money, but power! He did all those good deeds only to show his power!"

"Power?" Josh smiled ironically, "I'd like to ask what ordinary people might choose between power and law?"

"It depends. Quite a lot of people break the law for power."

"Unless they'll benefit from it."

"Good point." Counsel for the prosecution set him up on purpose, "Oscar had tasted the pleasure of power. That's why he took the bribe of 50 million."

"That's not true!" Josh denied it, "Telling from the existing crime cases, 99% of the offenders in corruption do it for interest. At least, as far as I'm concerned, nobody except the legal illiterates has deliberately broken the law for temporary pleasure. If you still remember, my client, Oscar Wells, is a good lawyer himself. He shut the acknowledged best lawyer of Kensbury City down when he defended Miguel Cooper in court. It could tell my client is a law expert!"

The prosecutor pulled a long face.

Josh kept going, "To sum up, my client didn't have any motives for taking the bribe in this so-called crime of corruption. Counsel for the prosecution, do you think you can prove my client is guilty only with that fake financial statement and the cash found in his apartment? My client could have 500 million in the room to show off if he wanted to, let alone 50 million. What was the big deal of it?"

"Nonsense!" The prosecutor was blue in the face, "We have both the witnesses and evidence. Certainly, Oscar Wells has committed the crime of corruption. But you're twisting the facts and misleading the crowd now! Your Honor!"

The judge looked at the prosecutor, and they had eye contact for one second. It was all planned.

"The statements of the defence were total nonsense! They're illogical and lacking evidence. Your Honor. I hope you'll stay unaffected, and pass a sentence based on justice and equity."

The judge nodded and seemed to have taken the advice of the attorney. He struck his gavel and announced, "The defence attorney, attention, please. When you make your statements in court, please provide relevant evidence. Otherwise, your defence might be considered invalid."

Josh was warned. Accordingly, the audience began whispering and gossiping, most of whom were saying that Oscar overplayed his hand.

From time to time, Hannah could hear some slanders on Oscar, and she looked terrible.

Of course, Susan, who was sitting next to her, had heard it all and felt bad. She didn't have a good relationship with Oscar but he was Hannah's husband, after all. So she couldn't bear to see Oscar being defamed and insulted like that.

Susan held back her anger and comforted Hannah, "Don't mind it. They're all savages!"

Hannah went back to earth. She nodded slightly and glanced at Theodore, who was sitting next to her.

Theodore then turned around to leave the audience seat quietly. He followed Charles, who had left before him.

The counsels from both parties were still defending intensely in court, but Hannah was focusing on something else-Oscar was losing in court but she hadn't given a hint to tell Josh to provide the evidence, only to make sure everything went well on Manuel's side.

In the restroom out of the court, Charles phoned Martina up, "Do it now."

"OK," Martina said without hesitation. She just couldn't wait to kill Sarah.

"Be careful. Don't screw up."

"Consider it done." Martina said confidently, "We've rehearsed it many times. Nothing will go wrong."

"Be careful, anyway."

"OK."

Charles hung up the phone and got out of the restroom quickly.

Theodore came out from the back of the restroom and called Manuel, "It's time."

"OK. I've monitored their conversation."

"Be safe. Keep me informed." Theodore urged.

"OK."

Theodore went back to his seat and he was oblivious. He whispered in Hannah's ear and the latter simply nodded.

Hannah had fixed her eyes on the court. Her heart skipped a beat during the whole process, although she just appeared composed and peaceful.

"Your Honor, since the defence attorney can't provide the relevant evidence to prove the defendant is innocent, with our valid evidence through investigation, I plead Your Honor to sentence the defendant according to the terms of the law." The attorney for the plaintiff went straight to the point with a hint of irony.

Everyone could tell that they just wanted to close the case as soon as possible.

"All jurors shall leave with me to discuss the final trial of the case. Adjourn for thirty minutes." The judge said in earnest.