Surprise and relief outside court as Maxwell trial ends with guilty verdict

Days of jury deliberations inside - and protests outside - culminate in thoughtful rather than celebratory statements

At the culmination of Ghislaine Maxwell's trial, the defendant herself was virtually expressionless as five guilty counts were returned. Outside the court in New York, people voiced surprise at the verdict, along with a sense of relief, and no small amount of exhaustion after waiting through days of jury deliberations.

After the verdict, Maxwell poured water from a Fiji water bottle into a paper cup, spoke to her lawyers, looked down at her feet. But she said nothing, and did not turn to her family on front bench of the visitors gallery, offering a reserve than many have interpreted as cold-heartedness.