After Sean Hughes summarized the situation, he stood up and stretched.
Zoe Sawyer also learned what had happened to the Donovan siblings from the subsequent reports.
Mr. Donovan, being an accomplice who had acted with full knowledge and an extremely poor attitude, was sentenced to twelve years in prison.
Mrs. Donovan received a slightly lighter sentence. The judge, taking into account that she had been maliciously deceived into her crimes, used his discretion to reduce her term, ultimately sentencing her to eleven years.
However, a considerable portion of the stolen money had already been spent, and they had no assets to their names. Only a fraction could be recovered; the police could do nothing about the rest.
As for the property and assets left by Old Man Donovan, they were to be divided equally between the two siblings.
