Ultimately, the judge announced the verdict: Defendant Ye Fei, guilty of rape. Considering his good attitude towards confession, he was sentenced to the minimum term for this crime, three years of imprisonment!
This lukewarm trial process not only left the journalists, who had come hoping for some "sensational news," feeling disappointed, but also left the majority of the onlookers dissatisfied.
Among the many people present today, aside from a handful of genuine enthusiasts who were truly interested in this field and attended every session, the rest had come with the expectation of witnessing a showdown between these two usually high-and-mighty figures. However, they ended up seeing nothing of the sort.
