00:00Your actions caused horror and devastation on a scale not previously encountered by this court.
00:06The indictment identifies 29 victims in counts 3 to 31, but that figure significantly understates the true extent of the harm.
00:17The prosecution quite properly limited the number of counts to ensure the case remained manageable for a jury.
00:24In reality, well over 100 people were struck or injured, many of them seriously.
00:30And the victim personal statements demonstrate that the impact extended far beyond those named on the indictment.
00:38That parents and children, police officers, grandparents, students, tourists and passers-by were all caught up in the events which many believed in the moment to be a mass casualty terror attack.
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