Naresh Bhatt VERDICT -- found guilty in murder trial — FOX 5 DC

[00:00:00] Speaker 1: All right, Deputy, I'm going to ask that that be translated into Nepali, if one of the interpreters can interpret what the deputy just said. [00:00:34] Speaker ?: Thank you. [00:00:44] Speaker 2: All right, we're back on the record of Commonwealth of Virginia v. Naresh Maat. The jury has reached [00:01:11] Speaker 1: a verdict as the deputy has already indicated. If you do not, if you're not able to control yourself during this verdict, I'm going to ask you to step out now. Do not want any outbursts in the courtroom either way. Counsel, I have an order here, which I am entering, which has the verdict to be sealed. It can be released once redacted. As you're aware, the foreperson has to sign the verdict. The foreperson has signed the verdict forms, and I've asked them to put the number, their juror number. That's how it's going to be read here. And then if anybody wants a copy of the verdict forms, it's going to be redacted with the name. Okay? Any objection to me entering that order? No objection. All right. Is there anything we need to do before we bring in the jurors? Yes. Okay. Yes. [00:02:32] Speaker 3: Thank you. Thank you. [00:03:32] Speaker 1: All right. Welcome back. It's my understanding that you have reached a verdict. All right. I'll have the clerk. [00:03:53] Speaker 3: Members of the jury, have you reached a verdict in the case set before you? Yes. Yes. Is this your unanimous verdict? Yes. In the matter of the Commonwealth of Virginia versus Naresh.Vot, CR 2400-2302-00, we, the jury, find the accused, Naresh.Vot, guilty of transporting, secreting, concealing, or altering a dead body, signed for a person, juror number 79, dated November 10th, 2026. In the matter of Commonwealth of Virginia versus Naresh.Vot, in CR 2400-3076-00, the jury, find the accused, Naresh.Vot, guilty of first-degree murder, signed for a person, juror number 79, dated number 79, dated November 10th, 2026. In the matter of Commonwealth of Virginia versus Naresh.Vot, in CR 2400-3077-00, we, the jury, find the accused, Naresh.Vot, guilty of physically defiling a dead human body, signed for a person, juror number 79, dated November 10th, 2026. [00:05:35] Speaker 1: All right, you can have a seat. Any motions with regard to the jury verdict? All right, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I want to thank you for your service. This has been a very long period of time, and you've done something that nobody else has been required to do, and that's to not decompress by discussing what you've heard with absolutely anybody for six weeks. And I know that's a heavy ask, and I know it takes its toll, and I want to tell you how grateful I am for your service, and let you know that you are now free of that. With that comes the caveat, it's not unusual for the lawyers to reach out to jurors to find out what they were thinking. I want you to know that you are absolutely free, and they will respect it if you tell them you don't want to talk to them, okay? They're not doing anything wrong, but you do not need to talk to anybody, and nobody's going to hound you about that, right? I'm going to have you return your jury badges here, and Kim, if you want to hand them what else you need to give them as they leave. We appreciate your service, and you're free to go. All right. We do need to schedule a sentencing date. How much time do you all expect this to take? A half day. A half day? I can do that. All right. So normally, a pre-sentence report is going to take three months. I understand that you had indicated that some of your witnesses are looking to get back to Nepal. If you need me to ask somebody to rush it, I can, but... [00:08:17] Speaker 2: I cannot be ready to do the sentencing. Okay. So I have March 5th at 1 o'clock, that's a Friday, [00:08:32] Speaker 1: or I can do March 11th. I would also do that at 1 o'clock. You know, I normally do my Thursday sentencing's at 9:00, so I'd reserve the entire afternoon then for... [00:08:42] Speaker 2: I do have a jury, March 1, 2, 3, that might go into 4, and then I have a jury March 9, 10, so you can go on the 11th. Yeah, so... [00:08:55] Speaker 1: I'm happy to go on the 12th. That's not my normal Friday, but I can do that. Does that work? Commonwealth? [00:09:04] Speaker 2: No problem. March 12th is a good day. Are we starting in the afternoon, Judge? [00:09:18] Speaker 1: Yes. What I'll do is I'll schedule that to start at 1 o'clock. I'm gonna go ahead and revoke any bond that Mr. Bond may have otherwise had. You're gonna need to cooperate with a pre-sentence report. I will... Ms. Lennox is probably best if both of us contact probation and let him know that he'll need a Nepali interpreter for filling out that report. We, of course, need Nepali interpreters available for the hearing on March 12th. [00:09:54] Speaker 2: We'll contact the probation officer, Judge. All right. [00:10:01] Speaker 1: Yes. Long-form pre-sentence report. All right, is there anything else we need to do? All right, thank you. All rise. [00:10:18] Speaker ?: Please exit in an orderly fashion, please. All rise. Please exit in an orderly fashion, please. Please exit in an orderly fashion, please. Please exit in an orderly fashion. Please exit in an orderly fashion. Please exit in an orderly fashion. Please exit in an orderly fashion. Please exit in an orderly fashion. Please exit in an orderly fashion. Please exit in an orderly fashion. Please exit in an orderly fashion. Please exit in an orderly fashion. Please exit in an orderly fashion. Please exit in an orderly fashion. Please exit in an orderly fashion. Please exit in an orderly fashion. Please exit in an orderly fashion. Please exit in an orderly fashion. Please exit in an orderly fashion. Please exit in an orderly fashion. 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