My Calling Is Profiler [EN]: Chapter 599

Once two out of the three started considering cutting ties, the last one couldn’t help but waver.

“We’re not going to see each other anyway. We can’t let that bitch sell us out, can we?”

“That’s true, but…”

“You need to be clear too. Even if one person says no, with all the payments already made and witnesses present, do you think the court will believe it?”

“……”

“We have to save ourselves. Right?”

As Choi Minji and Seo Unah actively talked about cutting ties, the last one eventually nodded.

There was no point in being ostracized in this group alone.

“So, we’re telling the truth?”

“We have to.”

“Your father might try to kill you.”

“Isn’t that better than going to jail?”

That’s how the three decided to betray.

***

Some time later, the second trial of the first instance took place. And that day was, in a word, chaotic. Park Dojun was leisurely receiving updates on what happened that day at a cafe in front of the police station.

“It was a mess?”

“I went to watch that day. And it was a total mess. From the military prosecutor to the judge, they were all flustered and stammering.”

“Just as I expected.”

Clearly, someone must have asked for something, and things were going according to that. But suddenly, testimony came out that completely overturned the rape charge, so they must have been flustered.

“What about Jo Ahmin’s side? Jo Ahmin wouldn’t have shown up.”

Park Dojun put down his coffee cup and asked.

“Jo Ahmin’s lawyer did come. He was furious.”

“Furious, huh… So, her family knows the truth.”

“Is that it?”

“Yeah. If they didn’t know, they would have been flustered and reported it first.”

But the fact that he got angry on the spot means he reacted sensitively to a kind of betrayal of the trio who testified to the truth.

“So, they managed to get out of the rape charge to some extent…”

“But not completely, right?”

“Right.”

The Choi Minji gang must have told the truth. They have their own lives, after all. But the only area they can testify about is the story up to when they left the adult entertainment establishment, not the story of drinking outside and going to the motel.

“How did you know? Profiling?”

“Profiling my ass. It’s a sex crime. The court would believe a woman even if she changed her story five times.”

In fact, when it comes to sex crimes, one of the most critical elements is said to be the victim’s consistent testimony.

The problem is that even if a woman’s testimony is wrong in connection with this sex crime, an excuse can be made that ‘confusion may occur due to shock.’

In other words, even if a woman lies and fabricates the situation about five times, depending on the situation, the police or the court will recognize it.

It has been a long-standing problem that consistent testimony in sex crimes is not a key element, but merely a means to apply the principle of presumption of guilt legally.

“This isn’t profiling, it’s experience.”

“A sad reality.”

“What did she say?”

“Oppa’s [Older brother or trusted male friend] prediction is correct.”

“They had that intention when they left, but later their minds changed. So, they were going home, but he got them drunk and raped them.”

“It’s so obvious that it’s not even worth predicting.”

“Anyway, it’s true that a breakthrough came thanks to Oppa. Dad is focusing on that part too.”

“Hmm…”

Park Dojun pondered for a while at those words. Of course, a breakthrough has been made, but judging from the military court’s methods and the current situation, there is a high possibility that even that won’t work.

“We need to find another way.”

“Oppa will?”

“I’m a police officer. The important job of the police is not to catch criminals. It’s to make sure there are no innocent people.”

If the job of the police is to catch criminals, from that moment on, they will create criminals instead of catching them. In the past, the police worked that way, and they did not hesitate to use torture for that.

Park Dojun knew that better than anyone, so he had no intention of obsessing over criminals.

“And since I’ve already gotten involved, I need to do it properly and thoroughly so I don’t feel uneasy. I found everything up to that point, but if I get sentenced to 10 years, I’ll feel wronged too.”

“That’s true, but what are you going to do?”

“Just a moment.”

Park Dojun pondered for a while on how to interpret the current situation.

“You said she twisted her ankle?”

“Yeah, I did.”

The problem right now is that Nam Jiseong said that Jo Ahmin twisted her ankle, so he carried her to the motel, and Jo Ahmin claims that she was so drunk that she was unconscious, so he carried her to the motel.

“Should I ask for her medical records?”

“It’s meaningless.”

Even if you get tested now, there’s no way to find evidence that she was injured. Rather, even if there is evidence of an injury, it can’t be said that she was injured at that time.

“What about the place where she got hurt?”

“Huh?”

“I mean the place where she got hurt.”

“I don’t know. Is it important?”

Park Dojun clicked his tongue at those words. He had forgotten the most important element.

“Didn’t you check for CCTV or anything at the place where she got hurt?”

“It wasn’t there when it was handed over to us.”

“I guess so.”

The CCTV at the bar has a long storage period, and it was secured as soon as the case was filed, but the police wouldn’t have secured and handed over the CCTV on the street, so it would have been deleted after time passed.

“So, we have to check the scene.”

“Is that important?”

“Very important.”

“Um, I think I can go to the place.”

“We should go once. If we go, we might see something else.”

Park Dojun got up from his seat.

“Do you know where it is? Let’s go. If we go, we might see something else.”

Park Dojun headed to the scene with Jung Iyeon. But finding the place where she hurt her leg was not easy.

“It’s not even accurately recorded in the trial records. But why is it important?”

“It’s important. Think about it. If the two people agreed to the relationship, how would they have moved?”

“Huh?”

Park Dojun scratched his head at those words. Well, ordinary people value results. That’s the same with other police officers. What’s important to the police is the result that ‘a rape was reported and she was carried into the motel,’ not what happened in the process.

“Nam Jiseong doesn’t have a car. Right?”

“Uh… right?”

Of course, he has a license, but he came to the bar to drink that day. So, he has his father’s car at home, but he wouldn’t have brought it.

“Young people leave their cars behind when they go out to drink.”

Furthermore, there is only one car, his father’s car, so he can’t take it.

“And he booked a motel in this neighborhood.”

“Right?”

“But you know what? It’s a bit far from that adult entertainment establishment.”

“In the first place, we stopped by another bar in the middle.”

“Right.”

They left the adult entertainment establishment, stopped by a bar, and then headed to the motel.

“And if I remember correctly, the name of the store we stopped by in the middle was Bobar, right?”

“Yeah, why?”

“It was a wine bar.”

“It was.”

“That means it was the woman’s pick.”

“Ah, I guess so. Men don’t prefer wine bars, do they?”

“There’s a bit of that. No, aside from that, there are hardly any men who go as they please when they come out with a woman.”

Most of the time, they go where the woman wants to eat.

“That’s not weird, is it?”

“Then how did we get here?”

“Huh?”

Park Dojun looked around and asked.

“As you can see, Bobar is a bit far from the original adult entertainment establishment. About 3 kilometers [approximately 1.86 miles]. And there are quite a few motels around.”

“Right.”

“Then we should assume that we came together to suit the woman’s taste. But did we come by bus? There’s no way.”

“Taxi!”

Of course, we would have taken a taxi. There’s no car, and it’s too far to walk.

“But there’s no CCTV in the taxi.”

“These days, all taxis have black boxes that record the interior.”

“Even so, would it be there? The black box capacity is obvious, right?”

“That’s true.”

These days, there are black boxes inside taxis, but the capacity is limited, so the video is unlikely to remain unless it’s a special case.

“But if we get testimony from the taxi driver, we can at least prove that we moved by agreement.”

“That’s true, but…”

Nevertheless, that doesn’t prove that she agreed to the relationship. Jo Ahmin said she refused, and she didn’t say when.

“So, we have to go to the bar first. I’m guessing that the fact that she hurt her leg is a lie.”

“What?”

“Culturally, Korean women are ashamed to talk openly about relationships. Even women who like so-called carnivorous men wouldn’t do that to a man they meet for the first time.”

In fact, that’s why Korean women often say ‘Do you want to have ramen?’ or ‘Do you want to have coffee?’ rather than actively expressing that they want to have a relationship when such an opportunity arises. It’s a subtle way of suggesting further intimacy.

“These days, they say ‘Do you want to watch Netflix?’ or something?”

“Are you saying even the twisted ankle is?”

“You can’t just say let’s go to a motel, can you?”

“I guess so.”

It would be nice if the man took the lead and said, ‘Let’s take a break,’ but that’s not easy either.

“Nam Jiseong is a soldier, so.”

It’s not against the law for soldiers to have relationships, but they are educated to the point of being brainwashed that they should never cause problems outside, so they hesitate without knowing it.

Unless it’s a girlfriend, it’s someone you’re meeting for the first time.

“Are you saying the woman took the lead?”

“The circumstantial evidence says so.”

Choi Minji said that Jo Ahmin showed interest in the handsome Nam Jiseong. And the bar they chose is a bar that women prefer, and the motel is nearby.

“Ah, so that’s why Oppa said the location is important.”

“That’s right. If the man had done it by force, he would have gone to a bar around the adult entertainment establishment.”

“Are you saying it’s a matter of initiative?”

“That’s right. It’s something that many people forget in rape cases.”

There is bound to be initiative between men and women. And in normal relationships, women often take the initiative, while in abnormal relationships, men often take the initiative.

Because in normal relationships, it’s only possible if the woman allows it. Conversely, in abnormal relationships, the man overpowers the woman, so the initiative passes to the man.

“Looking at the situation so far, the initiative is with Jo Ahmin, not Nam Jiseong. And we would have come this far. The location where she said she twisted her ankle is probably after leaving this wine bar.”

Park Dojun slowly headed to the wine bar.

“Bobar… Should I say the name is well chosen? Or should I say it’s obvious?”

“Huh? Why?”

“As far as I know, Bobar means lies or nonsense.”

“Nonsense. Wow, in the current situation, there’s no name more fitting than that.”

“That’s right.”