Hank Brennan, the special prosecutor for the retrial of Karen Read's case, released his first statement Monday following last week's verdict, which acquitted Read of the most serious charges in the 2022 death of Boston police officer John O'Keefe.

Hank Brennan said he was disappointed in Karen Read's verdict and "the fact that we could not achieve justice for John O'Keefe and his family."

The special prosecutor who led the retrial of Karen Read is “disappointed” in the jury’s decision last week acquitting Read of killing her police officer boyfriend – saying Monday in his first statement since the verdict that “the evidence led to one person,