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Sonnenberg speculated that the prosecutors had requested the lighter sentence in the hope of winning a guilty verdict despite weak evidence...
After the closing statements and more testimony from customs officials and Okhotin's brother during the hearing yesterday, Judge Igor Yakovlev adjourned the court, saying he would issue a verdict in the case at 10 a.m. on Friday...
Despite the announcement at last week's trial that the verdict would be handed down after closing statements today, the prosecution and defense also had the opportunity to re-examine a customs agent and bag handler who had testified at trial. A customs specialist, Alexei Petrovich Ionov, was also brought in to give his evaluation of Okhotin's behavior at the airport...
Several said that any implication of guilt—conditional or not—was unfair, and some wondered why the judge did not issue a verdict as originally expected...
David Okhotin brought a bouquet of flowers—wrapped in newspaper to hide them from his brother—to give to Andrew after the judge issued a verdict. David said after the hearing that the Christian tradition of showering those persecuted for their faith with flowers would have to wait a few more days—and that he would have to buy a new bouquet...