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Chapter 104 Grace Court Case

  • Thereafter, Judge Harris came, he was wearing a long black robe, he sat on the bench above the witness stand. Judge Harris was famous for being very strict and had a sharp tongue. Judge Harris banged his gavel to indicate that the court is in session. Judge Harris asked Mrs Anthony to stand, “how do you plead?” Mrs Anthony replied, “not guilty, Your Honor.” Judge Harris asked the Plaintiff lawyer to proceed. Mr Cole approached the bench and handed the evidence collected by the Private Investigator, Rich Smith to Judge Harris. Mr Cole indicated that the defendant, Terry had become the State Witness and would like to call him to the stand. Terry sat on the witness stand, he solemnly pledged that he would speak nothing but the truth. Mr Cole looked at him smiling, “Mr Terry, what is your relationship between you and Mrs Anthony?” Terry replied, “employer – employee relationship.” Mr Cole asked, “what was your job description?” Terry replied, “my job description was to kill a pregnant lady because she was having an affair with Mrs Anthony’s husband. Later I found out that Mrs Anthony lied to me, the pregnant lady was her daughter in law, young Mrs Anthony.” Mr Cole asked, “did you managed to kill young Mrs Anthony?” Terry replied, “I decided not to kill her because she was very beautiful, I tried to kill the babies in her stomach, but she was saved by someone.” Mr Cole asked, “did Mrs Anthony asked you to kill the babies in her stomach?” Terry said, “no she didn’t but she told me to stab the lady to death.” Mr Cole smiled and asked, “can you tell the court, did you receive any form of payment from Mrs Anthony and how it was transferred to your bank account?” Terry replied, “Mrs Anthony paid me twenty thousand rands in advance, she transferred it using ATM.” Mr Cole told the judge that he had no further questions then he sat down. Judge Harris looked at Mr Day and said, “your witness” Mr Day approached the witness stand and said, “Mr Terry, you testified that you were sent by my client to kill young Mrs Anthony, can you prove it to the court that what you are saying is the truth?” Terry responded calmly and said, “I can prove it.” Mrs Anthony was taken aback, she looked at Terry in disbelief. Terry took out his phone and open a video clip. Judge Harris asked the officer of the court to play the video clip. The video clip was played in the big screen. Mrs Anthony was in the restaurant crying in front of Terry, they heard Mrs Anthony said, “my husband left me for a younger lady, and she is pregnant with my husband’s baby. I wanted to divorce him, but he threatened not to give me a cent even though we were married in community of property. I have a degree in Music, but he forced me to be a housewife.” Terry comforted her and said, “why don’t you find a powerful lawyer and sue him?” Mrs Anthony sobbed harder and replied, “my husband is very powerful, everyone is scared of him. He will bribe the judge to be in favor of him. We started the business from scratch, I gave him the money to start the business but now he wants to take everything I worked hard for.” Terry looked at her and asked, “what do you want me to do for you?” Mrs Anthony looked at Terry shyly, “how old are you?” Terry said, “I’m eighteen years old, Madam.” Mrs Anthony said, “you are so young, can you kill someone?” Terry was so shocked, he stuttered, “kill..so..me..one?” His eyes were big as saucers, he had never imagine killing a human being, it was against his belief. Mrs Anthony sobbed harder and said, “if you kill a homewrecker I will give you twenty thousand rands in advance, after you killed her I will give you half a million rands.” Terry shook his head and replied, “I was raised by the believers, I can’t kill a human being. Also, she didn’t offend me, the best way is to divorce your husband, not all the judges are corrupt. You need to have faith that everything is going to be alright.” Mrs Anthony said, “I have tried to hire powerful lawyers to no avail, they are scared of my husband. You will not be caught, please help me.” Terry replied, “I will think about it.” It was the end of the video clip. The courtroom became quiet, everyone was shocked then the courtroom became chaotic. Mr Day was dumbfounded, he didn’t utter a word. Judge Harris asked, “do you have any questions?” Mr Day told the judge that he didn’t have any questions then he walked to his chair and sat down. Mrs Anthony was rendered speechless, she didn’t recover from her shock. Why was she unlucky? Mr Donald recorded her without her permission and Terry did the same. How can she refute the video clip?
  • Judge asked Mr Cole if he had other witnesses. Mr Cole replied, “I would like to call Dr Cain to the stand as young Mrs Anthony’s attending doctor.” The officer of the court opened the door then Dr Cain walked to the witness stand. “Dr Cain, thank you for blessing us with your time in your busy schedule to testify in this courtroom. What is your relationship between you and Mrs Victoria Anthony?” Dr Cain replied, “Mrs Anthony is my patient.” Mr Cole further asked, “during this week did Mrs Anthony visited you in the hospital?” Dr Cain said, “on Monday, Mrs Anthony came to the hospital because she had a sprained ankle, later her husband, Mark Anthony took her to the hospital for a check-up, he indicated that someone bumped his wife in the stomach when he was snatching her bag. Then I performed the full examination, I found out that the babies’ heart rate was low because of a shock, if her husband didn’t take her to the hospital she would have a miscarriage. I kept her overnight for observation to monitor the babies’ heart rate. Fortunately, their heart rate returned to normal. I booked her off for bed rest for couple of days and I asked the family not to agitate her.” Mr Cole told Judge Harris that he had no further questions. Judge Harris looked at Mr Day and said, “your witness.” Mr Day stood up and said, “no questions Your Honor.” Judge Harris asked Mr Cole if he had other witnesses, he indicated that he didn’t have any witnesses. Then Judge Harris asked the defendant lawyer, Mr Day if he had any witnesses. Mr Day indicated that he had no witnesses. Judge Harries told the court that the court would resume tomorrow morning at 9:00 am, he asked both lawyers to prepare closing arguments, then the court adjourned.
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