Regarding the application for a retrial, the High Court had transferred jurisdiction.
The relevant evidence had been examined and verified.
The parties had also been notified to attend the trial.
But this time...
Wu Yan and the other two victims did not attend the retrial.
Instead, they handed their evidence and materials to their retained lawyer, Wang Qin, authorizing her to appear on their behalf.
This time, for Xia Mingyuan.
Both the hearing and the other litigation procedures went very smoothly.
The case was heard by the Pushan City Intermediate Court.
Because Su Bai had supplemented the relevant evidence.
The supplementary circumstantial evidence therefore showed that the statements of Wu Yan and the other two victims might have been false.
Under these circumstances...
Even though Wang Qin continued to base her arguments on the victims being minors and other circumstances.
There were no objective facts.
The court did not accept Wang Qin's arguments.
In the end.
The court accepted the supplementary evidence Su Bai had provided.
It determined that the accusations Wu Yan and the others had made against Xia Mingyuan might have been fabricated.
Furthermore, there were no objective facts proving that Xia Mingyuan had harassed or sexually molested Wu Yan and the other two victims.
The final verdict: Xia Mingyuan was not guilty!
After three judgments, Xia Mingyuan was finally found not guilty in the retrial proceedings.
The judgments at first and second instance were overturned.
Three judgments. What could one say... Xia Mingyuan's name had finally been cleared.
Su Bai exhaled softly and looked toward the judges' bench.
This retrial had followed a proper trial procedure!
With the possibility that the other side had fabricated their statements, along with the absence of objective facts, how could Xia Mingyuan possibly be found guilty?
An acquittal was the proper