All suspects in the smuggling of cultural relics were brought to court. Based on their confessions and the opinions of lawyers on both sides, some pleaded guilty and some did not.
But the court is never a place where you can do whatever you want. This is where evidence is concerned. If the evidence is sufficient, it will be in vain even if you don't plead guilty.
For smuggling cultural relics, these people were caught on the spot and had no choice but to plead guilty. The defense lawyers they hired knew that it was almost impossible to get away with the crime completely, so they all aimed to reduce the punishment.
When it was Zhao Yubo's turn, Zhao Jiren couldn't help but stood up, and was immediately scolded by the bailiff to sit down.
Zhao Jiren nervously grabbed the railing in front and looked at his son.
Zhao Yubo was handcuffed and stood there with his head lowered and said nothing.
The defense lawyer said: "My client was confused for a moment, listened to other people's deceptions, and made a mistake. He admitted his fault. However, the client has performed major meritorious services. I also ask the court to fully consider this opinion when making a decision."
Of all the defense lawyers, he may be the one who speaks the most frivolously.
Even Zhao Jishi was a little angry when he heard this: "Who hired this lawyer? How come it's as if he didn't say anything! Yu Bo has been arrested, how can he perform meritorious service? Isn't this harmful to others!"
"The third brother didn't let us get involved. He must have found it himself. I guess it was probably the man named Jiang Zhihao who found it for him. Maybe this so-called lawyer is also a liar." Zhao Minjun said.
A group of people looked at Jiang Zhihao with even more unkind eyes.
That is to say, this place is too serious and they are not allowed to behave excessively, otherwise the juniors might rush over to teach Jiang Zhihao a lesson!
The trial of the case took several hours. After an adjournment, it took another half an hour before the verdict was pronounced.
The sentences are read out to each prisoner one by one, according to the seriousness of the crime.
The first principal culprit, who smuggled a very large amount of cultural relics and a terrifying amount of money, was sentenced to life imprisonment and fined 78 million.
Regardless of the sentence or the amount of the fine, Zhao Jiren's heart trembled when he heard it.
The prisoners who followed were sentenced to decades in prison and fined tens of millions, all the way down.
Those before Zhao Jiren were sentenced to 23 years in prison and fined 3.7 million.
This verdict made Zhao Jiren feel a little dark in his eyes.
Now that his son has been sentenced, the sentence is still so harsh, so how much better can Zhao Yubo be?
Zhao Jishi and others also clenched their fists. Instead of looking at the judge, they gritted their teeth at Jiang Zhihao.
It's all because of what this person said that made Lao San Gui obsessed and unwilling for them to help. If they had looked for more people before, they might have fished out Zhao Yubo now!
Good thing now, once sentenced, it will be at least twenty years!
It's a small thing to make a few million, but how can you spend twenty years in jail?
At this time, the judge read out: "The defendant Zhao Yubo collaborated with others to smuggle three state-owned bronzes. However, due to his meritorious service in major prosecutions and his positive attitude in pleading guilty, he cooperated with the police to destroy several cultural relics smuggling lines in one fell swoop, and arrested many people wanted for major cultural relics smuggling.
After comprehensively considering the opinions of the prosecutor and all parties, because the defendant Zhao Yubo’s criminal conduct was relatively minor, the principle of a lighter sentence applies. Therefore, the defendant Zhao Yubo was sentenced to be guilty of smuggling, and the fixed-term imprisonment was divided by four years and eight months.