A STUNNING VERDICT

A TRIAL THAT RIVETED BOTH BRITAIN AND AMERICA ENDS IN MORE CONTENTION

The two women sat in the Middlesex Superior Court in Cambridge, Mass., refusing to look at each other. But both would have to hear. Deborah Eappen, 31, came forward and for several minutes read her victim's statement, repeating the horror that had engulfed her family since Feb. 4. "Our Matty had been hurt," she said, referring to her eight-month-old son. "We soon learned our baby Matthew was dying. We couldn't believe it. It was all inconceivable, and it was beyond us to comprehend that our Matty was dying because someone we trusted had hurt him." She recalled in stark detail the...

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