Planet: Talus
Region: Fort Keen
Story: (Written by the Galactic News Agency, Ramona doesn't write IC).
Two days ago the 3rd trial session of the trial against the Holowood Galactic Studios was held in Fort Keen, Talus. It opened with the cross-examination of the Emergence Medical Technician of HGS, O'Fey.
The prosecution quickly laid out several black marks found in O'Fey's past, ranging from his failure to obtain a MD degree to several convictions. As it was revealed O'Fey had been sentenced to 2 years of imprisonment for "discharging a blaster" at an Imperial officer - commonly called "shooting" in the Rim. He also had been convicted of performing unlicensed medical surgery as well as theft of medical droids and distribution of pharmaceuticals without license, earning a sentence of 5 years incarceration. The defense claimed the surgery had been performed to save lives, and that the pharmaceuticals were procured from licensed apothecaries, and only passed on.
Since O'Fey undoubtly had presented those claims in the past trials as well, without success - or he'd not have been convicted - they failed to leave much of an impression at court this time either.
The trial suffered a short interruption when the audience started to get unruly, but things settled down after a bothan - Caer according to some of her friends - was removed from court.
Next to be questioned was Ronin’Jekknai Medjai, renowned rapper and one of the Fuse holostars. His past drug habits were brought up, countered by the claim he had committed himself in a rehab center. The prosecution did use this to accuse O'fey of supplying Medjai with spice though, and revealed a holorecording showing the rapper nder the influence of spice while conferring with the prosecutor Symane and Celox Scorpio. The latter objected, stating that the prosecutor could not make such medical assumption, not being a medical expert.
The objection was sustained by judge Kartzer and a medical expert called in to elaborate on the point. Tax evasion through lack of reporting a place of residence was added to the charges against Medjai, and the prosecution used a letter of recommendation from the Imperial Military garrison on Lok – Outpost Epsilon – where mr. Medjai served as a bartender for two years as grounds to accuse the bothan of using this position to act as a spy for the Alliance to restore the Republic. Without any facts supporting this claim an objection by the defense was sustained by the judge though.
The defense did not contest the claim of the prosecution that Mr. Medjai was wanted for energy-arms possession without license though.
As a next witness Adasra Efri, part of HGS defense team, was summoned. Her lack of any law degree was cited as grounds enough by the judge to remove her from the defense team, despite the objection by the defense. Then the prosecution laid out claims that Miss Efri had been employed by bounty hunted pirates and smugglers in the past.
At this point Miss Efri jumped up from her seat and charged at the prosecutor, with the warden barely able to stop her with a few well-placed stun shots before she reached Symane. The judge ruled that she was in contempt of the court and placed her under an administrative arrest for 3 days. The session was adjourned afterwards.
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