187: Think carefully about whether the surveillance is broken.

No one spoke during the entire trial. Lü Dehai looked bewildered; he never imagined that the other party would accuse his son of robbery!

But he was not a professional, and for a moment, he couldn't think of how to refute it.

The situation with the other parent was similar. They were supposed to be the defendant today, but how did the lawsuit turn into a robbery case?

Meanwhile, above them, Presiding Judge Wang Yanqing was also stunned for a moment, but she quickly realized that this was probably the 'unexpected' thing Dean Fan had mentioned earlier.

But robbery… how should one put it? There was indeed violence, and money was indeed given, but the existing evidence was insufficient to establish a causal relationship.

Under normal circumstances, as the Presiding Judge, she should have stopped Zhou Yun at this point, or directly recessed the Court to resolve the issue, to see what the situation was, and then reconvene once it was clear.

However, considering Dean Fan's words, Wang Yanqing said nothing.

The Clerk on the side glanced at Zhou Yun, then at the Presiding Judge, a look of excitement appearing on his face. He never expected that what was just a joke earlier would actually happen now!

If this case was truly successful, he could boast about it for the rest of his life!

Without a word, the Clerk rubbed his hands. He would use his true skills to record everything in detail, not missing a single word!

Meanwhile, Old Liu finally understood the intricacies involved. Staring at Zhou Yun, he said, "You're purely talking nonsense. What robbery? Why did he transfer the money two days later?"

"If he was truly scared because he was beaten, then he should have given it the next day or even the same day."

That's right, Lü Dehai also looked at Zhou Yun. The money was given two days later, so how could you say it was robbery?

Zhou Yun smiled and said, "I'm sure you haven't asked your child. The reason my client gave the money two days later is because he was scared after being beaten and didn't go to school."

"Furthermore, he didn't have any money at the time. That twenty yuan was also money he asked for from his dad via video call the day before. With the money, he only went to school the next day."

"This clearly shows that he didn't go to school because he was afraid of being beaten due to not having money, and after getting the money from home, he went to school, and the first thing he did upon arriving at school was to transfer the money to the other party."

"Don't you agree, Mr. Lu?"

Zhou Yun looked at Lü Dehai when he said the last sentence.

Old Liu was a bit flustered. He... he had never seen a similar situation in his life.

He had indeed handled many cases, but this was like mathematics; if you don't delve deep, doing many ordinary problems is useless.

Old Liu could no longer think of how to refute, because the other party's inference seemed to have no issues.

And Zhou Yun continued to speak, "Mr. Lu, the crime of robbery is very interesting. It is one of the eight major violent crimes."

"That is to say, as long as one is over fourteen years old, they will be subject to criminal punishment."

"If I'm not mistaken, your son should already be over fourteen years old, right?"

Upon hearing this, Lü Dehai's face turned very grim, his eyes fixed on Zhou Yun opposite him, feeling like he was about to rush over and fight him the next second.

A normal person encountering this situation would try to avoid it, yet Zhou Yun seemed to not notice at all and continued to speak.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, speaking of which, there's another thing, Mr. Lu, you might not know, the crime of robbery normally carries a sentence of three to ten years, but if you commit robbery three times or more, the starting sentence is ten years!"

"Let's think, how many times did your son commit robbery? That's hard to say, isn't it..."

Upon hearing this, Lü Dehai could no longer hold back. He stood up and pointed at Zhou Yun opposite him, shouting, "Shut up! My... my son didn't commit robbery, it was all instigated by those hooligans outside the school!"

"Those hooligans forced him to ask for money, otherwise how could my son possibly ask for money? Don't talk nonsense!"

Eh? Zhou Yun's eyes lit up when he heard this: "Oh, so it was actually instigated by outside hooligans, right?"

Wang Yanqing couldn't help but want to laugh. This Zhou Lawyer's mouth truly didn't spare anyone.

Under what circumstances would instigation be established? The instigated party must have committed a certain crime.

At this point, she could no longer remain silent; the two sides were already about to argue.

Just as Wang Yanqing was about to speak, Zhou Yun already said, "Presiding Judge, based on the defendant's statement, I believe this case already involves criminal matters, and therefore I request the Court to transfer the crime lead."

Wang Yanqing glanced at Zhou Yun. She truly had nothing more to say about this Zhou Lawyer.

However, looking at the current situation, there were indeed significant doubts, enough to transfer the case to the Public Security Bureau for investigation.

Lü Dehai was about to start cursing, then he saw the Presiding Judge above strike the gavel.

"This case is temporarily adjourned. The crime lead involved will be transferred to the Public Security Bureau."

As soon as this sentence came out, Lü Dehai's words, which were on the tip of his tongue, were all swallowed back.

Looking at Wang Yanqing, he couldn't help but say, "Judge, this is impossible. I know my child; he's very timid. How could he commit robbery?"

"It's really not robbery, and it was only twenty yuan. He's still in the hospital now..."

The other parent also pleaded, the gist of their words being that the child was still young and truly had no intention of committing robbery.

Since the Court was adjourned, Zhou Yun spoke more casually, directly saying, "Mr. Lu, why are you all so agitated?"

"Now it's just preparing for an investigation, it's not like there's a result yet. You're acting as if your son really committed robbery."

"Don't worry, after all, age doesn't represent anything. You should trust our Public Security Bureau, trust that they will definitely be fair and just, and trust that they will definitely not let a bad person go."

Upon hearing this, Lü Dehai was choked up again, because that's exactly what he had said in front of the Police Officer and Guo Xitian.

Saying things like age doesn't represent anything, trusting the Public Security Bureau will definitely not let a bad person go, and so on...

"And you all said it yourselves, those outside hooligans threatened them to do this, so... no need to worry."

Zhou Yun's last sentence made Lü Dehai unable to hold back any longer. He picked up a chair and wanted to rush over.

However, just then, the Courtroom door was pushed open, and several bailiffs walked in.

Seeing their uniforms, Lü Dehai felt himself calm down instantly; it was that magical.

Some videos online show that when two sides are about to come to blows, and people on the side try to mediate, no one listens.

But as soon as the other party changes into a police uniform, the people arguing immediately calm down, changing from mutual insults to making complaints.

Wang Yanqing secretly congratulated herself for having prepared the bailiffs in advance, otherwise, if a fight really broke out, she would definitely be in trouble too.

"Alright, everyone, say less. Because a criminal case is involved, this case will not be heard for now. After the criminal case has a result, it will be heard separately. That's all."

Zhou Yun stopped speaking and then began to pack his things. Being able to persuade the Court to transfer the crime lead meant that filing the case would basically be no problem.

He planned to tell Officer Wu after the lead was transferred, asking him to focus on checking the phones of the two seriously injured students, as well as the phones of the two hooligans.

He was about to walk out with his satchel, but after two steps, Zhou Yun seemed to remember something and turned back to Principal Liu, saying, "Principal Liu, you should go back and discuss carefully to see if our surveillance cameras are really broken or not."

After speaking, Zhou Yun turned and left.