The Ultimate Inspector, Kang Ji-hyeok - Chapter 94
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The gallery was still crowded.
Thud thud.
Pass through them and head to the court.
“They came with the evidence wrapped in a bundle.”
“It’s a golden bundle.”
Before leaving for court, HyunA carefully wrapped the evidence in a gold wrapper.
“At first, I didn’t know why the prosecutors wrapped the evidence in a bundle. I found out later that they were wrapping it so carefully that not a single letter could be seen.”
He carefully wrapped it in a bundle and handed it to me, nodding.
“Prosecutor. I like this evidence because it seems like evidence of your efforts. Prosecutor Choi Kang-han’s evidence was pretty heavy, but Prosecutor Kang’s evidence is really heavy.”
“It must be as heavy as the weight of the sin. Just like the weapon I have to be heavy in order to punish someone.”
Sigh.
Hyuna smiled pleasantly.
“Please punish Um Ja-hyeon with the evidence our dream team has gathered. Please punish her as much as the weight of the sins she has accumulated.”
“I intend to do so. I will punish you for all the crimes you commit in the future. I will punish you for all the crimes you commit in the future. I will punish you for all the crimes the law allows.”
I looked at Um Ja-hyeon in the dock.
She was glaring at me with fierce eyes.
“What do you see?”
He asked her as he unwrapped the bundle.
“Why on earth can’t that inspector catch me?”
“There is not even a hint of reflection.”
“Reflection? Why should I reflect?”
“Even if other people are like that, isn’t it the mother who feels sorry towards her own son?”
“Kill your son? Did you see it? Did you see it?”
I looked at her quietly and said with a faint smile.
“Yes. I’m grateful for this kind of person. Eom Ja-hyeon.”
“What? Thanks.”
Swish.
He unwrapped the bundle containing the evidence, took them out one by one, and organized them, talking to her as if it was nothing serious.
“I decided in this courtroom to kill you. Thank you for making that decision without any doubt.”
The lawyer interrupted and interrupted the conversation.
“Prosecutor. You are going too far. Do you really need to sentence her to life imprisonment or death? But she is still a mother who lost her son.”
I stared at the lawyer quietly.
‘Yeah. That’s your job. I’ll respect that.’
“A mother who lost her son? Shouldn’t she be called the murderer who killed her son?”
“What? What kind of nonsense are you talking about when it hasn’t even been legally determined?”
A lawyer in his early 50s is deceived.
The well-dressed man looked like he had been making quite a few defenses.
“Attorney Ki, you will also find out after the trial ends in court. What kind of life has your client lived and why he is a person who needs to be isolated from society······.”
“That won’t happen, Prosecutor Kang. Today, I intend to show the world how unreasonable your prosecution was.”
The lawyer answered with cold, confident eyes.
I smiled at that sight.
‘You’re definitely being a lawyer. Yeah. I like how confident you are.’
“Attorney Ki. I wonder how long you’ll be so confident.”
“That’s what I have to say, Inspector Kang.”
Meanwhile, the judge came in.
‘You are the sole judge today.’
The judge assigned to the case would have originally been handling insurance fraud cases.
However, it ended up becoming a serial murder case by insurance fraudster Um Ja-hyeon.
Judge Ha Su-jin, 57 years old.
He has been a judge for 28 years already.
It is said that during his 28-year career, he was sentenced to life imprisonment or more in only six cases.
Moreover, he was a judge who had never handed down a single death sentence.
‘Queen of shapes.’
It was a nickname that lawyers gave her.
When Chief Justice Choi Hye-seong learned that the judge in charge of this case was Judge Ha Su-jin, she spoke with concern.
– Kang Ji-hyeok. I’m sure what you want is the death penalty, but it won’t be easy. Judge Ha Soo-jin is a spring wind judge who has never handed down a death sentence.
“Does the judge ever do something like that?”
– There are judges who are cold-hearted, but there are also judges who believe that we should hate the sin but not the person. Judge Ha Soo-jin is one such case.
The clerk in charge of the proceedings spoke to everyone.
“Everyone, please stand.”
Judge Ha Soo-jin looked around at everyone and coughed dryly.
“Ahem. There seems to be quite a large audience. It is time to begin. Please remain quiet.”
She looked around with a tired face and our eyes met.
‘I thoroughly reviewed the evidence submitted for several days. Still, I’m glad the judge doesn’t make a hasty judgment.’
“Case No. 2008godan5780. The trial for insurance fraud and murder begins.”
Thump thump.
And so the trial began.
The legendary insurance fraud serial killer, Um Ja-hyeon, was looking 15 degrees down with an arrogant gaze.
Like a middle school student who killed a bug.
What the heck?
“The prosecution, please explain the outline of the case.”
“Defendant Um Ja-hyeon injured a total of seven people and murdered five of them over the past dozen years with the goal of obtaining insurance money.”
As I paused there, the judge tilted his head as he looked at the material.
‘It seems like they are unwilling to acknowledge the past incident.’
I felt regretful and resentful.
I know how evil Eom Ja-hyeon will commit in the future, but in this era, all of her evil deeds have yet to be revealed.
It is impossible to judge based on knowing the future, and digital forensics, etc. are insufficient in today’s technology.
Moreover, past incidents were not formally prosecuted, so no investigative records existed other than the initial investigation records.
Fortunately, I remembered the incident, so I was able to point it out and find it, but since it was an old record, there were many things lacking that could be used as evidence.
‘So, let’s focus on one.’
One incident.
It was a situation where it was inevitable that the murder case, which almost ended as a suicide, would be completely proven and other cases would be dragged in.
I tore off one of the big pictures I had in my head.
“The prosecution has determined that 17-year-old Lee Hyun-soo, who was found dead on a rock in the East Sea, was the sixth victim of a crime committed by the suspect.”
I turned my head and looked at the judge and added a word.
“We are about to begin the trial of the suspect, Um Ja-hyeon, who murdered my son but is not reflecting on it and is only trying to evade the charges.”
The judge nodded and asked the defense attorney in a calm voice.
“Counsel. Any objections?”
The lawyer stood up and spoke with a stern face.
“I’ve handled quite a few insurance fraud cases. There are times in this world when coincidences just happen. It’s easy to see this as a money-oriented fraud case······.”
He walked forward and looked at the judge and said,
“But I think the prosecution is a truly cruel legal expert who calls a mother who lost her son to court based only on circumstantial evidence or the illusion of logical thinking.”
The deceived lawyer sighed as he looked at the gathered reporters and audience.
“I don’t know why Prosecutor Kang Ji-hyeok leaked the facts of the indictment and created public outrage to benefit the trial, but I hope the judge will also recognize that this is illegal.”
‘You’re cheating, lawyer. Are you saying we should fight for real from now on? You’re going to regret it?’
Although facts of a case often leak out, few lawyers take issue with it.
That’s because I don’t necessarily want to fight against the prosecution.
It is because we respect each other as we are all in the same legal profession, although our work is different.
But the deceived lawyer started to dispute the leak of the facts of the indictment.
That was also a fight.
I answered simply.
“Please understand that the prosecution cannot stop reporters from reporting and publishing articles.”
And he quickly presented the evidence.
Beep.
The first evidence was uploaded.
A car was captured in ten different CCTV footage.
“The victim, Lee Hyun-soo, is 17 years old and a sophomore in high school. His father, Eom Ja-hyeon’s ex-husband Lee Jeon-cheol, died in a car accident in 2004.”
I continued speaking, holding up one more document.
“Let’s talk about that accident later, but two months before she died, Ms. Um Ja-hyeon suddenly took out five life insurance policies. They were quite large sums of money, and she ended up receiving a whopping 1.2 billion won because of this incident.”
The deceived lawyer stood up and spoke.
“I also remember this incident. At that time, Ms. Eom Ja-hyeon also suffered serious injuries in a traffic accident that required 18 weeks of treatment. The police investigation also concluded that the accident was caused by the driver falling asleep at the wheel, and I am submitting the evidence.”
He submitted relevant evidence.
The judge accepted the evidence and nodded.
“I see. The driver died in the accident due to not wearing a seat belt. Ms. Eom Ja-hyeon was wearing a seat belt, so she received 18 weeks of treatment. I understand.”
“Your Honor, I request that you accept the evidence.”
The judge looked at me.
He asked for my opinion.
“I admit it.”
“Okay. I will accept this information from the lawyer as evidence.”
The judge said that and then asked me with a curious look on his face.
“But why isn’t the prosecution talking about the vehicle in the CCTV footage that was uploaded as evidence earlier?”
“I’ve been waiting.”
“What were you waiting for?”
I said to the judge, who was wondering with a serious face.
“I want the lawyer to present that evidence.”
For a moment, the lawyer’s face slightly distorted.
I looked at him and said.
“Yes. The reason my ex-husband, Jeon-cheol Lee, died was because he wasn’t wearing a seatbelt. At that time, his wife, the suspect, Ja-hyeon Eom, was wearing a seatbelt. Then, let’s zoom in on the CCTV and take a look.”
Beep.
A zoomed-in scene of a car has been uploaded.
Um Ja-hyeon was driving.
“This is the vehicle driven by Ms. Um Ja-hyeon, and at the time of the incident, the vehicle departed from Ms. Um Ja-hyeon’s house in Seoul and headed to a villa in Donghae. We confirmed this with the timing and route of the ten CCTV footage we secured.”
The judge looked at the evidence with interest.
“The path is most important, but there is another important piece of evidence.”
“Ms. Eom Ja-hyeon, who is driving, is not wearing a seat belt.”
The judge spoke first.
She is focused.
For every piece of evidence.
The lawyer, who had been deceived, stood up and defended Um Ja-hyeon.
“It’s true that I wasn’t wearing my seatbelt. I’ll pay the appropriate fine for that. But that doesn’t mean anything.”
“It doesn’t really mean anything… Is that really true? There are things we found during the search and seizure.”
Beep.
A few crumpled fine notices and seatbelt clips emerged.
“There are five fine notices in total. I have been collecting them since 2005. Of course, I contacted the police and confirmed that I have never paid them.”
“I will make sure that the fine is paid immediately. It is indeed Ms. Eom Ja-hyeon’s fault, without any room for excuses.”
The cheating lawyer came out right away.
It was a defense to avoid being misunderstood by the judge due to Eom Ja-hyeon’s minor illegal act.
“But that’s not the problem, it’s the seat belt clip.”
Beep.
Seat belt clip.
It was an item that was inserted instead of the belt hole to fool the car detector into thinking the belt was worn.
“It must have been plugged in the whole time. That’s why I got this many seat belt fines over the past three years. But you know.”
Beep.
The evidence screen showed a seat belt clip crumpled like a piece of paper.
It was clearly the same color and shape.
“This is the seat belt clip from the car where her husband, Jeon-cheol Lee, died. It was crushed in the accident and was not found during the police investigation.”
– Oh, my. I remember that car. I came to scrap it, and this seat belt clip was so crumpled that I had a hard time getting it out.
“This is the testimony of the junkyard. Drivers’ driving habits do not change much. Just like Ms. Um Ja-hyeon, who has not paid the seat belt fines she received for several years. That clip must have been in Ms. Um Ja-hyeon’s possession, and she used it to prevent her ex-husband, the driver, from wearing his seat belt at the time of the accident.”
“The claim that Ms. Eom Ja-hyeon inserted the belt clip into the driver’s seat is just a fiction by the prosecution. Your Honor.”
I turned my head and spoke to the judge.
“I don’t write novels. I only believe in evidence. This clip has Mr. Um Ja-hyun’s fingerprints on it. The National Forensic Service found it on a crumpled belt clip.”
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