Chapter Sixty-seven
Two weeks later, Oscar’s plea on sentencing faced the obvious problem that their client was still denying any wrongdoing. He was limited to a recital of Angelo’s police service and his family situation. It was no surprise to Matthew that Latimer focused on Angelo’s lack of remorse or contrition, together with a breach of trust as a serving police officer. One of his more colourful phrases spoke of ‘an arrow to the heart of public confidence in the police force’.
Latimer announced a sentence of eight years’ hard labour with five years non-parole.
Oscar and Matthew visited their client in the cell complex but, in truth, they had said everything previously. Later, at their usual hotel, Matthew, Oscar, Lena and Rose huddled around a table at the rear of the room, a round
