JUSTICE AT LAST

EMOTIONAL JURORS ‘DID RIGHT THING’

MANHATTAN JURORS who sent a killer nanny to prison Wednesday for the rest of her life said they anguished over the decision, and the emotional trial. Shortly after finding Yoselyn Ortega guilty in the grisly stabbing deaths of two children she was entrusted to care for in their Upper West Side apartment, the men and women who sat through her trial said they had a hard time buying the woman’s insanity defense. “We could not find strongly credible proof that the defendant was not aware and able to recognize what was going on,” said juror David Curtis. Curtis, a dad himself who shed tears as he spoke to reporters, said the panel started the deliberation process by agreeing they were all going to be nice to each other and listen to one another. He said they wanted to be part of a process that respected the grieving parents, Marina and Kevin Krim. And although there were some raised voices, members of the panel said they reached a decision that will allow them to sleep at night. “We feel confident we did the right thing by the court, by the people and by the Krim family,” said juror Alexis Reyes. “In the end we can never take back what was done Oct. 25 in that apartment. That was a reality we understood. We feel great about the decision we rendered.” The crime sickened and shook the jury. “When I saw the image of the kids, in the tub, I was terrified, to be honest with you. I was very terrified,” juror Edgardo Chacon said. “It was a lot of blood, lots of blood. It was incredible, incredible, how much blood was there. “It’s not fair what she did to those kids,” said Chacon, a 57-year-old hair designer from the Upper West Side. He said he never doubted Ortega’s guilt. “It was two jurors who were saying she was crazy,” Chacon said. “And I’m like, ‘She’s not crazy. She’s a murderer. She’s a f-----g murderer.’ ”