<h4>265 Monday''s Court Hearing - Part 2</h4>


    Monday, continued …


    "Thank you sir.Please be advised that I will be informing my employers of Mr Lu''s recentments.


    My employers have had suspicions that for at least 12 months he has been using myptop to ess data rting to my employers clients and using that data fraudulently for his own benefit.


    While it is myptop the disappearance of funds from their trust ount coincide with periods where I have been absent from our home resulting him in having exclusive ess to it."


    "Madam Hou, we do not appreciate stunts like this."


    "Sir, I apologise to the court, but it was not meant as a stunt.ording to my employers, there have been around $50,000 Australian that can be linked to these actions, but they stopped another five million Australian dors attempted to be transferred in simr circumstances.These actions, are not linked to the matters before the court and are crimes only able to be prosecuted in Australia."


    The national prosecutor''swyer stood up "We were made aware of the suspicions as to Mr LU''s actions, and consulted with her employers and the police in Australia.His actions, appears to corroborate the suspicion of his actions, particrity given the demand for Madam Hou''s newptop, rather than theptop he wanted on Friday.:


    "We cannot prosecute this here, as the only evidence of any crimes rtes to actions in Australia.As determined in the capital the potential if we did nothing to prevent ongoing criminal actions in Australia, the ultimate result would be tarnishing our Legal System as we provided the ability for the actions to continue."


    The Judge paused for a minute and thought about what had just been said, before responding "In those circumstance, I will forgive you."


    After another pause, the judge turned to all thewyers, asking "It is agreed, given the medical report and the limited time to address it that it is appropriate for Mr Lu to serve his sentence by way of home detention?"


    Immediately all threewyers said "Yes."


    Thewyer from the national prosecutors office then continued "Sir and our proposal is that Mr Lu would serve 18 weeks by way of home detention, and in addition to the same restrictions on Madam Lu which would also apply to him, the only other time that he would be able to leave the premises would be to apany Madam Lu to medical appointments."


    "OK gentleman, I need to read the report and the agreement again to confirm that I am happy with it for everyone to sign.I will start here on the bench until we have the hearing established with Australia, and then rmence after that."


    With that the technicians came in and established the video link, and while this was happening, Anna, with Alister''s help set herself up on awyers table, while Lu Jinhu moved to the table hiswyer was sitting on.


    Within five minutes, the video link was established with the court in Melbourne, and the matter was called [all proceedings conducted in English]


    "I see the respondent''s representatives here in court, who is appearing for the Appent in this matter today."


    Anna maneuvered herself to her foot wedging the crutches under her arm."Your Honour I am.As you can see I am on crutches and if it pleases the court, rather than remaining on my feet, can I address you sitting down?"


    "Ms Jones, a pleasure to see you.I did not realise you were in Country X?And Yes, I have no issue with you sitting down."


    "Actually, your honour, while my firm is the firm on record, due to the inability of anywyer to present in court there today with this hastily arranged video link, I technically am self-representing in these proceedings."


    "Apologies, I did not realise the change in name."


    "Not an issue your honour, I can see in the rush you did not make the connection.However for work rted purposes I am still, at present using my maiden name."


    "Ms Jones, can you confirm who is present in the court with you there in City T?"


    "Mr Lu along with his wife, and theirwyer representing them in Criminal matters here in Country X, My husband and sister-inw Rosemary Jones, thewyer representing out interests in the criminal proceedings, awyer from the national prosecuting office in Country X, the presiding Judge, and court staff."


    "Ms Jones, why are we video linking into a criminal court?"


    "Your Honour the criminal justice system here is different to that in Australia.Effectively the system allows for the victim and the used to agree to the facts and a proposed penalty, which has not only to be approved by the national prosecuting service and the court."