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One woman pumped her fists and another wept.

"I am floored by this honour," she wept, paying tribute to her fellow nominees for their "loving and community", saying "I will pay it forward".

The celebrity auctioneer's parents, who were sitting in the front row of the public gallery, wept and hugged their son after he was discharged from the dock.

At Prosper's first court hearing, his father Ray Prosper shouted: "I still love you, son. It's not your fault, OK?" and then wept.

"When I left home, my wife held me, wept and said, do not come back empty handed. Bring back my son," said Rampratap Sahu, father of one of the workers.