Chapter 83: The Case Reversed Again(1/2)
In the interrogation room, before He Jiahui started questioning, he saw Cai Mulin's eyes flickering and he didn't dare to look at He Jiahui at all.
Obviously, this is a sign of extreme guilt.
The previous director Xue Chaohui, although also very guilty, only deliberately spoke loudly to embolden himself. The cameraman Cai Mulin was obviously even more guilty than Xue Chaohui.
This may be because Cai Mulin's psychological quality is far inferior to that of Xue Chaohui, or perhaps it is because Cai Mulin committed much bigger crimes than Xue Chaohui.
He Jiahui stared at Cai Mulin and asked sternly: "Mr. Cai, why are you running away?"
"Who said I escaped? I left openly! I came to shoot a commercial. Now that the heroine is dead and the director has been arrested by you, the commercial will definitely not be filmed. There is no point in my staying. I might as well go home early.
, and you can also get new jobs.”
While Cai Mulin answered, there were some beads of sweat on his forehead. At this time, he was still surrounded by nervous emotions.
"Mr. Cai, if you didn't run away, why didn't you check out with the owner of the B&B? I don't want the deposit for the B&B? I don't want the undue house payment either?" He Jiahui sneered, directly exposing Cai Mulin's lies.
Cai Mulin was immediately speechless when asked.
He Jiahui did not give Cai Mulin a chance to think. He then asked, "Mr. Cai, where were you from two to four in the morning yesterday?"
"Did I tell you the last time I came to take a confession? That night I was photographing night scenes until dawn. The time when the photo was taken can prove that my camera is still with you!" Cai Mulin said.
"Are those photos taken automatically by the camera? Set the time and take one photo every minute. So the creation time of each photo is surprisingly consistent."
He Jiahui snorted coldly and continued, "And we found electric slide rails and a 360-degree rotating stand in your luggage. Using these equipment, you can complete multi-angle shooting even if you are not present.
We have restored the photos you deleted. The time when the photos were taken can prove that you used the timed shooting function, and from the continuity of the photos, it can also be seen that you used electric slide rails and rotating stands."
After learning that the police had obtained this information, Cai Mulin did not quibble, but lowered his head, said nothing, and responded with silence.
Facing the suspect who remained silent, Ho Jiahui found ways to make him speak.
Just listen to He Jiahui slowly say: "Yesterday in the early morning, you brought your photography equipment to the northeastern coast which is far away from the B&B. You put the camera on the electric slide rail and set up automatic shooting at one-minute intervals.
Then you returned to the B&B, killed Zheng Jiazhen, processed the traces at the scene, and then returned to the northeastern coast. You deleted some unsatisfactory photos, and the remaining photos were used by you to create proof of alibi!
We found a large-scale photo of the deceased Zheng Jiazhen on your computer. You tricked him into taking it many years ago, right? And we also investigated that a few days before the deceased was killed, you had a fierce quarrel with the deceased.
, is this your motive for killing?"
He Jiahui directly pinned the murderer's hat on Cai Mulin. As expected, he couldn't keep silent. He immediately defended himself: "I had a quarrel with Zheng Jiazhen, but it was just a quarrel. I didn't kill him!"
"The person who committed the crime was an acquaintance of the deceased. When the deceased was killed, everyone else had alibi. Only you deliberately forged the alibi, and you also planned to escape afterwards. All doubts pointed to you. You said that you were not the murderer.
, would anyone believe it?" He Jiahui snorted coldly.
Cai Mulin continued to argue: "Sir, you also said that these are all doubtful points. When you police handle a case, you have to rely on evidence. Even if it goes to court, the benefit of the doubtful points will belong to the defendant!"
"Who said we have no evidence? We found a bundle of rope in your suitcase, which is exactly the same as the rope used to bind and hang Zheng Jiazhen. The murder weapon was found in your suitcase. Doesn't this count as evidence?"
He Jiahui slowed down his speech and said earnestly: "The chain of evidence held by our police is already very complete. Even if a barrister comes and sees this evidence, he will persuade you to plead guilty, so you'd better admit your crime as soon as possible.
!”
However, Cai Mulin showed a surprised expression: "The rope used to hang Zheng Jiazhen is the same as my rope? How is this possible! My rope is used to hang Wia."
"If you can hang wires, of course you can also hang people." He Jiahui said, taking out three photos from the document bag beside him, pushing them in front of Cai Mulin, and then said:
"This is a photo of the rope that hung Zheng Jiazhen, the second photo is of Zheng Jiazhen's hands tied up, and the last photo is of Zheng Jiazhen's feet tied up. See for yourself, is it the same as the rope in your suitcase?
!”
Cai Mulin looked at the photo carefully and found that the style and color were indeed the same as his own rope.
"Why is this happening?" Cai Mulin suddenly sat at the scene blankly.
He Jiahui continued; "Cai Mulin, someone can prove that you threatened the deceased with a large-scale photo of the deceased, and had a verbal conflict with the deceased. We also found the rope that hanged the deceased from your place. Now there are witnesses and physical evidence
Juzai, are you still planning to fight to the end?"
"I really didn't kill the person!" Cai Mulin still refused to admit it. He went on to say: "When Zheng Jiazhen was a part-time model, I took large-scale photos of her, but I didn't force her at the time. It was her
I also volunteered!
I did not delete the negatives afterwards, but those photos were all my works. As a photographer, is there anything wrong with me keeping my own works? What’s more, I didn’t copy the photos to others.”
"But you showed the photo to others." He Jiahui looked at Cai Mulin with contempt.
"Showing your most proud works to others to appreciate together is sharing art! Art should be appreciated by more people!" Cai Mulin then argued.
"You take a large-scale photo of the deceased and threaten the deceased to have sex with you. Is this also art?" He Jiahui continued to mock.
"But she also threatened me at that time!" Cai Mulin continued to argue.
"The photo is in your hand, what can she threaten you with?" He Jiahui asked.
Cai Mulin let out a long sigh and replied: "I took a photo of a little girl, and it was also a very large one. Who knew that the little girl married a member of a mixed group, and recently that member of a mixed group...
After becoming the boss of the club, the little girl also became the sister-in-law of the club.
Zheng Jiazhen had seen the portrait photos I had taken of my little sister, so when I came to her with her large-scale photos, she directly threatened me, saying that if I didn’t hand over all the negatives, she would take the photos of me for my little sister.
I told the club boss about the photo shoot and he will chop off my hand."
He Jiahui smiled coldly: "Haha, I think you are not just taking photos for others, right? You must have done other unspeakable things to her. You are cuckolding the boss of the society, otherwise how could you do it?
I’m worried that the club boss will cause trouble for you!”
Cai Mulin didn't answer, which was regarded as acquiescence.
He Jiahui then said: "You were worried that Zheng Jiazhen would go to the society boss to complain, so you killed her to silence her?"
"No!" Cai Mulin still denied: "I told Zheng Jiazhen at that time, if you dare to go to the club boss, I will post all your large-scale photos on the Internet, and we will die together.
Then we compromised with each other, and I stopped mentioning the large-scale photos, and she wouldn't go to the club boss to complain. We each held each other's handle, and from now on we were on the road, each going his own way, and everyone was in peace.
This matter has been resolved, there is no need for me to kill anyone again!"
He Jiahui curled his lips with some disdain: "The story is very exciting, but it is all your own words. When it comes to court, do you think the judge will believe your story or the witness and physical evidence?"
"I have an alibi!" Cai Mulin immediately defended.
"Are the alibi you're talking about automatically taking photos every minute?" He Jiahui mocked.
"No, I have a witness!" Cai Mulin sighed.
He knew that in this situation, he had to confess, otherwise he would really be charged with murder.
Just listen to Cai Mulin say: "I admit that that night, I deliberately created an alibi. But the purpose of my alibi was not to kill people, but to go on a date.
I know a girl on the island. I have taken photos for her before, just ordinary photos, not large-scale ones. This time I came to the island to shoot an advertisement and contacted her.
The filming work was completed ahead of schedule that day, and the director gave us another day off. I was bored, so I planned to ask the girl out. It would be better if she could stay with me for one night.
So I lied to the girl and said that I knew many big directors and could help her get resources to play roles in movies. Then she believed her and I asked her to come out in the evening to discuss it in detail.
In order to be able to act in a movie, she sneaked out in the early hours of the morning while her family was asleep, and then had a tryst with me. I was with her from two in the morning to four in the morning."
"Scumbag!" He Jiahui cursed in his heart, and then said, "People like you should often use this method to trick women into dating you, right?
But this kind of behavior can only be regarded as lying and deceiving, and it is morally problematic, and I don’t think it will violate your moral bottom line for a scumbag like you, but why do you still want to create an alibi? "
Cai Mulin hesitated for a few seconds and finally answered: "Because that girl will not turn sixteen until she is two months old."
"Beast!" He Jiahui cursed directly this time.
Cai Mulin didn't care about being called a "beast". He said to himself: "The reason why I ran away was because I was worried that you would find out that I was having a tryst with that girl. I didn't want to go to jail, so I planned to escape as soon as possible and find a place to hide."
Get out of the wind and wait until the weather calms down for a while before coming out."
According to Section 124 of Hong Kong’s Crimes Ordinance, having sexual relations with a child under the age of 16 is a criminal offense and may result in a maximum sentence of five years’ imprisonment.
Even if the child agrees to have sex, or the defendant believes that the child is over 16 years old, this cannot be used as a defense and the sentence will still be imposed.
This law is similar to Article 236 of the Mainland’s Criminal Law. There are two main differences. First, Article 236 of the Criminal Law stipulates that the age is 14 years old, while the Criminal Offenses Ordinance stipulates that the age of 16 is 16 years old.
The second is that the object described in Article 236 of the Criminal Code is "young girls", while the object described in Article 124 of Hong Kong's Criminal Offenses Ordinance is "children" and does not differentiate between genders.
After understanding this law, you can understand Cai Mulin's motives for deliberately creating an alibi and escaping.
Cai Mulin's tryst with a girl was illegal in itself, so he prepared an alibi in advance. If the incident happened and the girl reported him, he could take the photo and say that he was shooting night scenes at that time.
In this type of case, it is inherently difficult to provide evidence, and since the benefit of the doubt belongs to the defendant, Cai Mulin can easily be exonerated.
However, beyond Cai Mu's expectation, Zheng Jiazhen was killed that night. When the police asked for alibi, Cai Mulin had to take out those photos as his alibi.
After director Xue Chaohui was taken away by the police, Cai Mulin began to panic. He was worried that the police would follow the clues and discover the facts of his crime, so he chose to escape out of guilt.
Director Xue Chaohui confessed to Cai Mulin in order to reduce his sentence. He Jiahui quickly saw through Cai Mulin's forged alibi and captured Cai Mulin.
Murder is punishable by life imprisonment, and the other crime is punishable by up to five years in prison. If you find a good lawyer, it may be reduced.
So Cai Mulin decisively chose to confess.
…
Cai Mulin confessed the girl's identity, and Du Xiaohe and another policewoman went to find the girl to verify the situation. Considering that other girls also wanted to have face, it was more appropriate to send a policewoman there.
As get off work time approached, Du Xiaohe returned to the police station and brought back the news.
"We have interviewed the girl in detail, and she can prove that Cai Mulin was with her from two to four in the morning that day." Du Xiaohe reported.
"Then we can use Section 124 of the Crimes Ordinance to prosecute Cai Mulin, and the case can be transferred to the Department of Justice." He Jiahui said.
To be continued...