"Unfortunately your accusations are false. Firstly, Sebastian here..." Chris paused to look down to the defendant,"is innocent. We have found alternative evidence and theories which show that he is not guilty."

Gerard froze. What? How could this happen? Shit! What if they knew it was him and had called him in specifically for jury duty to see how he would react? His hands began to shake again and his bleak skin turned a ghostly white.

Joel sat hidden in the corner of the courtroom after giving the evidence and more instructions to Carters' lawyer. He looked around the peeling room and to the wooden box in which the innocent man stood. He then looked to the jury; just a group of normal everyday people and that was when he noticed Gerard and Joel watched as the red-haired man with black leather gloves on tightened his grip on the chair that he was sat on. He looked nervous. Why?

"We have already provided information," continued Chris, "that the large surface area of the skull which was damaged, shows that it wasn't caused by a baseball bat. It was in fact caused by the force of Kaitlin hitting the tree. You also may like to know that no area of damage was found on the baseball bat itself. This bat wasn't used. Its only use being for a cover up."

How the actual fuck? How did they manage to work that out? Gerard's breathing became heavier and he tried to hold his breathe to cover up any signs of him breaking down in that courtroom. Usually he could cope with killing people often but this seemed different. He felt that he was too involved.

"Also; The same cellulose particles (particles found in sticky tape) were found on both the baseball bat and on Seb's cigarette packet. Showing that fingerprints had been transferred."
The lawyer nodded towards Joel, who smiled, signalled for him to continue and then turned his gaze to the sick looking Gerard who sat feeling very uncomfortable.

"And; the alcohol that we have in fact heard mentioned many a time today. Well, traces of this were found in the pipes underneath the sink. Water also found around; showing that the bottles of beer had in fact had been flushed (or attempted) to get rid of the alcohol. Why? I don't know. I do not pretend to know everything but at least I know that the man stood to the side of me is guilty of no crime."

"Thank you sir..." replied the judge, "Is there any other evidence that you'd like to present?"
The lawyer thought to himself for a minute, weighing up the possible outcomes. "Yes. Its a theory sir."
"Okay."
"So... You may or may not have heard of another killing recently. The murder of Andy Matthews..."
"Excuse me..." butted in the police officer with the oversized black boots and the brown hair in a neat bun, "That is not relevant to this case!"
"Ah! But you see it is."
"How? Prove it!" she yelled viciously across the room.
"Okay. So... Firstly we know that Kaitlin was killed by quite a smart person as they went to great lengths of planning and organising the cover up; which seems to have fooled a lot of you."

If Gerard wasn't sweating his non-existent tits off then he would have smiled and gladly accepted this compliment. The lawyer carried on:

"Compare this to the murder of the cyclist; Andy Matthews and you will find that both left little or no evidence at the crime scene. Both victims were from similar areas. Also, just to add to this, fragments of what are believed to be: worn black leather gloves have been found at both crime scenes. Analysis has shown that these are in fact identical."

"But we have enough proof to show you that Carter is guilty!" The woman cried.
"Evidence from two crime scenes is identical. Carter can't have murdered Andy Matthews as at the time he was in custody, and you know it."

Chris, Sebastian's lawyer continued confidently, "What's more....we have a witness."

A witness?! Gerard screamed to himself. God save him, if this was anything legitimate then he was fucked.

Notes

Hi. Sorry. This is probably very boring to read. :) x
-Lou