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Yesterday brought more anxiety for the Okhotin family, as the judge did not walk into the courtroom until 3 p.m.--despite his pronouncement on Wednesday that the verdict would be given...
...time Judge Yakovlev abruptly entered the sparse courtroom, Okhotin's crowd of supporters had dwindled down to family, a close friend and several journalists. The once-giggly Daniela was soundly sleeping on Okhotin's brother’s shoulder...
Once inside the courtroom, Yakovlev read his typed verdict without pausing to greet the court or look at the defendant...
...stave off such a stunt, Okhotin said the judge in his case had sent the slated witnesses “a real appeal to these people to come to the courtroom so that the trial could take place...
Still, Okhotin said it was not a simple question of prosecute or release, guilty or innocent. He and others speculated before the trial that the prosecutors and judge might insist on going through with the full courtroom process even if they did not intend to follow through on the smuggling charges against Okhotin, as a way of exposing the corruption many say is rampant in the Russian customs system...