Mugged in Kazakhstan, Part 3-The Trial
In spite of the fact that I was mugged at 3:30am and had no idea of who it was and could make no identification of the assailants, the Cop in Uralsk, Kazakhstan caught one of the Criminals. I’m in the Hospital all beat to crap and they were bringing in these video mug shots and I couldn’t recognize any of them.
So after I got home and was at home with the new girlfriend they came over and laid four coats on the floor and asked me to see if one was mine and there it was. I couldn’t believe it. Then about week or so later, they had ONE of the criminals and info on the other two. Wow! Those guys are good. It seems the head of the State Police for the State told everyone that if they didn’t catch them then they would all be fired. How did they find this guy?
Well, some guys saw the assault and chased one of the guys down and caught him. They took all his belongings including his pager. They also had a video from inside the club with them watching me and from outside the club with them waiting for me to come out and following me of. They guy they caught, in court , said he was home with his wife. His pager had a different story. They had her paging him and telling him to come home she was alone. Then the guys that caught him testified in court about it. He was cooked.
The Prosecuting Attorney, Cops and the Judge told me something to the effect, “We know this guy did it and he’s going to Prison. Here’s what you will say in court.” During the trial I used one of my students as an Interpreter. I was teaching at a Translators Institute so actual Courtroom experience seem like a good thing to throw on my student. She was a wonderful girl and we became good friends through the 11-month ordeal. We had many times in court and many times delayed and the actual court was held in the Judges chambers. Their side, our side, their side, our side.
In the end he was found Guilty and led away to spend the next three years in a prison that had reputations for TB, Lung disease and a whole host of other stuff that produced extensive coughing up of body fluids. Dark and damp would seem bright and dry to you or I. When we went to the court for the “Lead Away” session it was about –20F snow and Ice everywhere and both the Interpreter and I said, “It’s a great day to go to Prison.”
So after I got home and was at home with the new girlfriend they came over and laid four coats on the floor and asked me to see if one was mine and there it was. I couldn’t believe it. Then about week or so later, they had ONE of the criminals and info on the other two. Wow! Those guys are good. It seems the head of the State Police for the State told everyone that if they didn’t catch them then they would all be fired. How did they find this guy?
Well, some guys saw the assault and chased one of the guys down and caught him. They took all his belongings including his pager. They also had a video from inside the club with them watching me and from outside the club with them waiting for me to come out and following me of. They guy they caught, in court , said he was home with his wife. His pager had a different story. They had her paging him and telling him to come home she was alone. Then the guys that caught him testified in court about it. He was cooked.
The Prosecuting Attorney, Cops and the Judge told me something to the effect, “We know this guy did it and he’s going to Prison. Here’s what you will say in court.” During the trial I used one of my students as an Interpreter. I was teaching at a Translators Institute so actual Courtroom experience seem like a good thing to throw on my student. She was a wonderful girl and we became good friends through the 11-month ordeal. We had many times in court and many times delayed and the actual court was held in the Judges chambers. Their side, our side, their side, our side.
In the end he was found Guilty and led away to spend the next three years in a prison that had reputations for TB, Lung disease and a whole host of other stuff that produced extensive coughing up of body fluids. Dark and damp would seem bright and dry to you or I. When we went to the court for the “Lead Away” session it was about –20F snow and Ice everywhere and both the Interpreter and I said, “It’s a great day to go to Prison.”
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