Courthouse - Getting to the holding cells in judge disguise | 15: Skurky's Law Hitman: Absolution Guide

Last update: 11 May 2016

General assumptions: First possible way to get to the cells is obtaining judge disguise. This is by far the best idea, but the implementation of it can be a bit time-consuming.

I strongly advise not attacking judge when he stays in the main courtroom, because all nearby characters would notice that right away. Instead of that it would be better to get to private judge's chambers. Start with heading to the exit door located on the ground floor.

After exiting the building, turn right, stopping after reaching the archive room shown on the above screen. I recommend stunning the guard inside, hiding his body and putting on court security guard disguise. This is of course not required, but will make easier your further actions.

Head to the parking lot, which is patrolled by many guards, even on lower difficulty levels.

Keep moving forwards, using vehicles and small walls (screen above) as covers. You can also try to distract enemies by throwing objects and turning on car alarms. This is particularly useful on higher difficulty settings, because some enemies (e.g. those standing by the bus) are very hard to be bypassed safely.

You can get inside judge's chambers through one of two shutters. I do not recommend the shutter shown on the screen 1, unless you play on lower difficulty level. It is much better to get to the shutter shown on the screen 2, because even on higher difficulty levels it shouldn't be observed. Regardless of your choice, you have to grab the ledge, climb up and finally get inside the building.

The next step is to make the judge to return to his private chambers. You can accomplish that in two main ways. More obvious solution is to use throwable objects, to cause a noise in the chambers.

Less obvious solution is to use a computer terminal, located in the small right room (screen above). The terminal becomes active only after few moments, when people on the trial want to watch the video evidence.

Regardless of your behavior, wait for the judge. If you're using a court security guard disguise, then you do not have to hide. Otherwise hide in the closet or return to the ledge. Sneak on the judge from behind and stun or kill him. Note - If you've used a computer terminal, then the court usher will appear there. So in such situation make sure that this person won't notice your attack on the judge.

After stunning or murdering the judge, examine his body to find a keycard and then hide his body. Put on judge disguise and return to the courtroom (right door). Now you can start exploring the courthouse (I suggest getting to the security room on the ground floor and collecting evidence found there) or focus on the main mission objective right now. In the latter case, you should use the keycard at the door shown on the above screen. Go to the next door and wait until Hitman opens it.