Chapter 9 - The Handcuff VerdictSix months later, the criminal trial of State of New York v. Vanessa Cole concluded at the Manhattan Criminal Court.
Vanessa sat at the defense table in a dull grey inmate uniform, her former beauty completely gone, replaced by bitter, sunken despair.
The jury returned a unanimous GUILTY verdict on counts of felony breaking and entering, illegal drugging, grand assault, and corporate extortion.
The judge delivered a harsh sentence from the bench:
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âVanessa Cole, your shocking cruelty toward an elderly woman to steal her family's wealth displays a appalling absence of human decency.â
Vanessa was sentenced to seven years in state prison without option for early parole.
