The Ultimate Inspector, Kang Ji-hyeok - Chapter 35
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Episode 35
“Witness, Mr. Kim Geon-ho. He is 35 years old. He has four previous convictions for fraud and was recently indicted for assaulting an elementary school student at a PC room, right?”
I asked him.
Kim Geon-ho answered, sweeping his head up.
“The case was closed after reaching an agreement with the elementary school students. Oh, and the elementary school assault incident happened around the same time as this incident, so my alibi is solid.”
I turned my head and looked at Park Ji-yeon and said.
“Your alibi is solid? Then, what is your relationship with Park Ji-yeon?”
“Who is it? Who is Park Ji-yeon?”
He acted as if he was looking for something here and there.
“Is this your first time seeing the woman sitting on the suspect’s side?”
He squinted his eyes at Park Ji-yeon and then nodded.
“Yes. This is my first time seeing it.”
“You know that the seat Mr. Kim Geon-ho is sitting in right now is the witness stand, right?”
“Well. The police asked me to come to this trial and testify so they could completely close the PC room assault case.”
Male.
Male.
The audience was in an uproar.
“What about the PC room assault incident?”
“Is this the case where an elementary school student was killed?”
“But why is the culprit from another case here as a witness?”
Bang! Bang!
The judge struck the gavel twice for silence.
“Please be quiet. From now on, you will be summarily judged for the misdemeanor of disturbing the courtroom.”
It was very judge-like of him to see the story of imposing a fine so difficult.
But thanks to that, the gallery became quiet.
“But why did the prosecutor accept this person as a witness? Even to the point of accepting a psychiatric evaluation report that was quite unfavorable.”
I nodded.
“Please recall the testimony of the owner of Banggeul Banggeul Karaoke Bar.”
“What part are you talking about?”
“The part where I originally sent only about 300,000 won that was supposed to go to Park Ji-yeon and sent the rest to my boyfriend.”
Beep.
As the investigator pressed a button on the remote control, a picture of a bankbook appeared on the screen.
“This is the bankbook that President Cho Hyun-tae uses. Please pay attention to the part highlighted with a yellow highlighter.”
The judge’s eyes widened.
At that moment, he spoke bluntly.
“Isn’t it written exactly like that? It says ‘Park Ji-yeon’s boyfriend Kim Gun-ho.’”
Attorney Kim Ji-ho squinted his eyes, then opened them again and said.
“Isn’t this a falsified bankbook? How can you believe the words of an immoral person who committed the crime of making minors work?”
widely.
I said, hitting the paper I was holding with my palm.
“Attorney Kim Ji-ho. If you don’t want to be sued for defamation, you’d better apologize for those comments now.”
President Cho Hyun-tae stood up from his seat and scolded him.
“Hey, you damn lawyer! What did you just say? Did you say he was an immoral person?”
I reached out and stopped him.
“Mr. Hyun-Tae Cho. Since you are currently on trial, please hire a lawyer and file a defamation suit.”
The judge tilted his head and asked.
“Prosecutor Kang. I also have some doubts. Whether the bank account of the person who sent the money has clear evidentiary value.”
“I did the same. Since the witness is not a party to the case, checking the bankbook is illegal······. But you know.”
Exactly!
I smiled and snapped my fingers.
Yes, that’s it, Your Honor.
“The PC room assault incident involved beating and threatening five elementary school students to force them to buy game items worth 1,800 won for 67,900 won.”
“Pfft! Such a sloppy incident······.”
Attorney Kim Ji-ho burst out laughing.
Well, it would be funny as a lawyer at Kim & Joe Law Firm, right?
“Ahem. I understand the case. But why are you explaining it, Prosecutor?”
The judge coughed and asked again, as if he still did not understand.
“Your Honor, the important thing in that case is that the parents of one of the five elementary school students sent 12,000 won to the witness’s bank account on his behalf. The witness was identified as the criminal in that case because the CCTV footage and the money in that bank account were confirmed as evidence.”
“The other prosecutor knows the details. How dare you… F**k.”
Kim Geon-ho grumbled with a frown on his face on the witness stand.
“Thanks to you, here is the bank account statement of the witness who stole money from an elementary school student.”
Kim Geon-ho’s bank account details were displayed in large font on the screen.
“If you look at the fourth line, you can see the depositor’s name, ‘Cho Hyun-tae’, and 3 million won, right?”
Everyone nodded while looking at the bankbook details on the screen.
“I see, inspector. It’s definitely marked.”
“Is this enough evidence?”
I walked slowly to the witness stand and stopped.
He turned his head and said to Park Ji-yeon.
“This is clear evidence proving that suspect Park Ji-yeon and witness Kim Geon-ho were in a romantic relationship.”
“What kind of inspection is this? They even checked all the evidence from separate incidents? This guy is crazy.”
bang!
I kicked the witness’s chair.
He pushed the witness microphone aside and whispered.
“Answer only when I ask. If you lie, you’ll get the blame. Come to your senses.”
Everyone in the courtroom found out.
This means that events have begun to flow in a new direction.
I don’t know if the end is starting to come into sight, but······.
“Prosecutor. You are certainly an important witness.”
“As expected, the judge is wise.”
He answered the judge with a smile.
Attorney Kim Ji-ho whispered to Park Ji-yeon with a shit-eating face.
“Why didn’t you tell me about your lover?”
“You damn lawyer. Don’t whisper near me because my breath stinks!”
Park Ji-yeon had been acting like a victim until just now, but her mask was shattered when she realized that she had been deceived by Kim Gun-ho.
* * *
“I first met Jiyeon at a karaoke bar a year ago. She told me that she would become an adult once she graduated from high school, so let’s get married then, and asked me to wait for her.”
“So the witness decided to use that victim?”
“Yes. Anyway, I wasn’t interested in that b*tch… no, that woman. But I needed the money.”
I looked at Park Ji-yeon and said with a pitiful look.
“So you sent 3 million won to that scammer every month.”
“That, that kind of thing······.”
Park Ji-yeon tried to answer excitedly.
He smiled faintly, extending his hand to block the answer.
“I didn’t ask. Don’t answer, Park Ji-yeon.”
He looked up and spoke to the judge.
“These are the text messages between the witness and the suspect that were found on a forensic cell phone by the police investigating the assault of an elementary school student at a PC room.”
“Is that so?”
“This is evidence discovered during the investigation of another case, so it can only be made public with the judge’s permission.”
Attorney Kim Ji-ho stood up quickly.
“Your Honor, evidence obtained during the investigation of another case has no legal effect.”
Swish.
The judge turned his head toward attorney Kim Ji-ho.
I looked at him for a moment and said.
“Isn’t it okay if we just look at it without accepting the evidence, lawyer?”
“That’s true, but······.”
“In order to ensure a fair judgment, we will not accept the chat data as evidence and will only look at it.”
“It is a wise decision.”
Beep.
The chat content was uploaded to a large TV showing the evidence screen.
“The witness has been demanding 15 million won from the suspect for the past month. He said that if he didn’t get that money, he would have to return to the United States. The suspect believed that the witness was a third-generation chaebol living in the United States. Right, witness?”
“Well, that’s… It’s a technique I use when I’m trolling high school girls. Ugh. Strangely enough, it works well.”
“But at that time, the suspect was unable to work at a karaoke bar.”
widely.
He said this while hitting the documents he was holding with his hand.
“At the end of the vacation, I was caught drunk with a man by an old lady I met at a convenience store.”
Beep.
The convenience store CCTV screen was distorted into a video.
Everyone had a surprised look on their face.
“I’ll also show you the CCTV footage from the convenience store that witnessed the incident. I hope you’ll accept it as evidence.”
The video showed Park Ji-yeon arguing with her grandmother.
It was a scene where Park Ji-yeon roughly pushed her grandmother.
“If you compare it with your grandmother’s hospital records, it seems like she started hurting her back around this time. That’s why she was bedridden.”
The judge spoke quietly, fingering his rimless glasses.
“I will accept the evidence with the judge’s authority.”
I bowed my head slightly and expressed my gratitude.
“I respect your judgment. Are you okay, Attorney Kim Ji-ho? We saw this evidence together without hiding anything.”
Attorney Kim Ji-ho bit his lower lip and nodded.
“Well, let’s do that.”
I walked slowly to the center of the courtroom.
Then he looked at the audience and said.
“Did he do it impulsively because he was mentally weak? Or, because he was a psychopath, he stabbed his grandmother dozens of times excessively?”
grasp!
I scattered the information I had worked so hard to explain on the floor.
The white papers fell to the floor and rolled sadly.
“A month ago, suspect Park Ji-yeon planned to kill the grandmother for 15 million won. After that, she learned how to kill using beef and cats.”
“Inspector! Are you bringing up your own delusions again?”
Attorney Kim Ji-ho shouted in an angry voice.
I walked up to him and slammed my hand on the table.
“I told you! Don’t run away with cheap tricks, but look at the essence of the case! I’m only speaking with evidence.”
Beep.
As promised, at that moment the investigator pressed the button.
“It’s a clear plastic bag that was under my grandmother’s bed. My grandmother’s bankbook is inside that bag. The National Forensic Service is currently looking for her fingerprints. I sent it along with the fruit I found earlier.”
Attorney Kim Ji-ho muttered with a bewildered expression.
“Oh, you’re crazy. You’ve been holding onto that hidden card all this time? You’re only pulling it out at this crucial moment? Is this something a young prosecutor can do?”
It’s noisy.
I’m not a young prosecutor.
He is a veteran detective who has experienced everything from wild battles to aerial combat.
Idiot.
Beep.
This time, a scene appeared where Park Ji-yeon’s father spoke while wiping away tears.
The location was the Western District Prosecutors’ Office interrogation room.
It was a recording of an official witness investigation.
– My mother saved up cash under the bed, saying she would give it to Jiyeon when she got married. It was probably around 20 million won. When I went on a trip with my wife, I put all that money in a bank account in case we got robbed.
The father in the video continued his story while wiping away tears.
– Was it during last Chuseok? Jiyeon asked her grandmother what she would do for her when she gets married. Her mother said then. She saved 20 million won under her bed as wedding funds… Sob, sob. She told her not to worry because she would give it to her when she gets married.
The noisy courtroom became as quiet as a mouse.
My father bowed his head, knelt down, and shouted.
– I’m sorry for covering this up early, Inspector. Jiyeon is my daughter. My mother wouldn’t have wanted her granddaughter to go to prison either. She loved Jiyeon so much. It’s all my fault. Please forgive my daughter, Inspector. Sob sob!
The video ended like that.
A tear flowed down from under the judge’s rimless glasses, which seemed like an iron wall.
Even in the audience, some people began to sob and cry.
I guess it needs to be organized at this point?
I looked at the judge and said.
“While her parents were away on vacation, Park Ji-yeon snuck into Grandma Kim’s room while she was sleeping and stabbed her in the shoulder as she had practiced for a month.”
The judge wiped away a tear and asked me.
“But, inspector. Why did you only stab me above the shoulder and in the face?”
“He probably didn’t want to get caught. He was afraid that his grandmother would wake up and see his ugly self again. I think it was because of the trauma from the encounter at the convenience store a month ago.”
I turned my head and looked at Park Ji-yeon.
Empty eyes.
It was like a lake in the black night.
As if everything was empty······.
“Ms. Park Ji-yeon. Even after you stabbed her, your grandmother was still alive. She must have known you were looking for cash under the bed.”
The investigator pressed the button.
A picture appeared on the screen.
“This evidence is a photo of the crime scene where a white blanket was soaked in blood.”
Park Ji-yeon said with a blank expression.
She has now completely removed her mask.
“No. You were wrong, inspector. It’s dead. The cat died right away too… Heh heh! Grandma’s dead too.”
“No. My grandmother was alive and covered her own face with the blanket for her granddaughter. At first, I couldn’t tell just from this photo······.”
Beep.
I uploaded a close-up photo of a white blanket.
“If you zoom in, you can see the shape of a finger through the bloodstains. Also, the fact that there are no knife marks on the blanket is evidence that the grandmother covered her face with the blanket after she was injured.”
I said this while glaring at Park Ji-yeon with a scary face.
“Your Honor. You planned to murder the grandmother who covered her face with a blanket to protect her granddaughter until the end, and you staged a kidnapping to frame the case.”
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