Lawyer

Chapter 359 Each has its own difficulties

Now Cao Xiaohui and Jin are always grasshoppers on the same rope. They can't retreat even if they want to retreat. They can only help President Jin in the same boat, although the boat is leaking everywhere and is in danger of sinking.

The sudden ringing of the phone woke up Cao Xiaohui who was in a daze in front of the dressing table. It was Mr. Jin calling and asking her to go to the company for a meeting.

After putting on her makeup, she picked up her donkey bag. Cao Xiaohui was about to go out when Fang Anzhi, who was sleepy, came out of the bedroom.

"Mom, are you going to work overtime again?" Fang Anzhi asked while standing at the door of the bedroom, rubbing his eyes.

"Well, the company is going to have a meeting. Mom is busy these days. Your dad will come pick you up in a while and go to grandpa's house to stay for a few days. Anyway, it's a holiday after the exam. You can go there to relax. Remember to bring your homework. Don't worry. Patronizing silly play.

Mom is in a hurry, breakfast is on the table, don't forget to eat it. After finishing speaking, Cao Xiaohui took the car keys and went downstairs.

Since he and his mother Cao Xiaohui moved to the city, it seems that her mother has never been idle, but her income has also been increasing rapidly, and he has long been used to it.

At around ten o'clock in the morning, the doorbell rang, Fang Anzhi opened the door, and Fang Yi appeared at the door.

"Xiaozhi, is your mother going to work overtime again?" Fang Yi asked after entering the room and glanced at the master bedroom with the door open.

"Well, my mother said that the company has been busy recently, so she left early in the morning." Fang Anzhi said while packing his backpack.

"Your mother said before that she wanted to buy a house. Have you made your choice? Buy a house in that neighborhood?" Fang Yi asked while sitting on the sofa in the living room.

"I've chosen it. It's in the community behind the Experimental Middle School. It's more than 90 square meters and two bedrooms. I heard that it was built five years ago, and it looks quite new. But the house is now rented out and expires next month. Only then can the house be handed over. My mother has paid the deposit." Fang Anzhi was very excited when he mentioned the new house.

"Well, hurry up and pack up. Let's go. Grandpa has made delicious food for you. He will be waiting for you at home." Fang Yi smiled.

After entering July, the weather became hotter and hotter. The second trial of Cheng Wu's illegal detention case finally started.

Cheng Wu's daughter-in-law, Li Hua, came to listen on purpose. Among the female prosecutors opposite, the older one was surnamed Li. Fang Yi asked her to discuss the case, but prosecutor Li insisted that Cheng Wu was involved in illegal detention and would not change the public prosecution opinion. .

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"Next, the appellant, Cheng Wu, will state the reasons for the appeal." The presiding judge said with a serious face.

"I did not restrict the personal freedom of the victim, Hua Cheng. The money I demanded from the victim was all decided by the court, and there were legal procedures. I did not constitute the crime of illegal detention." Cheng Wudao.

"The appellant's defense lawyer announced the reasons for the appeal." The presiding judge said.

"The defender believes that the original court's characterization of the case and the application of the law were improper. The behavior of the defendant Cheng Wu did not reach the level of depriving the victim Hua Cheng of freedom, and did not constitute the crime of illegal detention..." Fang Yidao.

"Appellant Cheng Wu, do you have any objection to the facts and charges identified in the first-instance verdict?" asked the presiding judge.

"There is an objection. I did not restrict the defendant's freedom, but followed him to ask for the money owed. I never interfered with what he wanted to do. I don't think I constituted a crime of illegal detention." Cheng Wudao.

"Next, the prosecutor will question the appellant about the facts found in the first-instance verdict," said the presiding judge.

"Okay, presiding judge. Appellant Cheng Wu, what methods did you use during the debt collection process?" Prosecutor Li asked.

"I follow him every day, eat and live with him, and travel with him." Cheng Wudao.

"During the debt collection period, did you live in the same house as him?" Inspector Li asked.

"In the beginning, I lived in a room. Later, his factory building was auctioned off, and I followed him to the branch factory's office. There was only a steel wire bed there. I lived in the hotel for a few days at first, and then I Let colleagues bring field tents and sleeping bags, and live in the production area." Cheng Wudao.

"During the debt collection process, did you beat the victim?" Prosecutor Li asked.

"No, just kick him once in a while when he gets angry, that can't be regarded as beating." Cheng Wu said.

"Did you verbally threaten him?" Inspector Li asked.

"I just urged him to contact his family, relatives and friends, and raise funds to repay the loan as soon as possible. I didn't threaten him." The threat Cheng Wu understood had to be something like a knife, gun and stick. What a threat!
"According to the police records, before the Spring Festival, Hua Cheng called the police many times, saying that you threatened and threatened him and his family, and there was your signature on it. How do you explain this?" Inspector Li asked.

"Before the Spring Festival, the company was in urgent need of funds. I said some angry words when I was in a hurry, but it is true that Huacheng owes our company money. I really didn't beat him, otherwise the police would have arrested me." Cheng Wu quibbled.

"That is to say, you admitted that you had made multiple verbal threats to the victim Hua Cheng and his family before the Spring Festival, didn't you?" Prosecutor Li said.

"I just said some angry words to Hua Cheng. Anyone who owes money will be angry if they don't catch up. Saying angry words should not be considered a threat. I have never threatened his family." Cheng Wudao.

"On the day before Huacheng's death, you insulted him in order to collect debts, and then smashed all the electric heaters, tea sets, tables, kettles, etc. in his office. Finally, you also threw the wire bed on which he slept by the side of the road. .Is it true?" Prosecutor Li asked.

"There is such a thing!" Cheng Wu said.

Throwing the wire bed, smashing electric heaters, tea sets, kettles and other daily necessities, Cheng Wu had admitted in the trial of the first instance before.

"Appellant Cheng Wu, when did you start collecting debts? I mean eating and living together to collect debts." Inspector Li asked.

"I can't remember the exact time, but it started about a month before the Spring Festival, until after the Chinese New Year, when Hua Cheng committed suicide." Cheng Wudao.

"Did you follow the victim Hua Cheng during the Spring Festival?" Inspector Li asked.

"Yes, I asked him to go home, but he didn't go because he was afraid that I would go home with him. He has been in the factory during the Spring Festival." Cheng Wu said.

"Judge, I'm done asking." Prosecutor Li said.

"The defender of the appellant Cheng Wu asked questions." said the presiding judge.

"Cheng Wu, how long has the victim owed your company money?" Fang Yi asked.

"It's been more than three years." Cheng Wu said.

"Who paid for Hua Cheng and your daily expenses during the process of asking for the debt you owe?" Fang Yi asked.

"My daily food and drink are paid for by myself. Hua Cheng's food and drink money is given by his wife, who works as a stocker in the supermarket. Sometimes I also buy some food and wine, eat with him, chat, Urge him to find a way to pay back the money as soon as possible." Cheng Wudao.

"How is your company doing?" Fang Yi asked.

"The business has been difficult to do in the past two years, and the company is also laying off employees. I really have no choice, or I won't follow Huacheng every day to demand money." Cheng Wudao.

"Judge, I'm done asking." Fang Yi said.

(End of this chapter)