Update-Casey Anthony gets 4 years for lying in child-death case

 

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The riveting case of a young mother whose two-year-old daughter disappeared and was found dead in a wooded area near her grandparents' Florida home continued Thursday with the sentencing of Casey Anthony to four one-year terms for lying to police.Chief Judge Belvin Perry Jr. told the Orlando court that Anthony would get one year in jail for each misdemeanour count, and a fine of $1,000 US on each of the four counts "to run consecutive to each other." However, she will also get credit for the nearly three years she has already served in jail.The sentencing decision means Anthony will remain in jail for the time being. The judge said she has 30 days to file any notice of appeal.

It will be determined later how much credit she will get for time served, Perry said, adding that that could happen late this month or early August. At that point, she may be released or stay in jail.Thursday's sentencing hearing followed the 25-year-old's acquittal Tuesday on the three most serious charges against her — the first-degree murder of daughter Caylee Anthony, aggravated child abuse and manslaugher.

Wearing a silvery blue sweater and her long chestnut brown hair down, Anthony sat stone-faced, often looking down and fidgeting with her hair, until hearing her sentence.

She was found guilty by a jury of four misdemeanour counts, based on an interview with a detective on July 16, 2008. Anthony, in jail for nearly three years, could have served a maximum of one year in jail for each count, but received credit for time already served.