tony's friend sandra milon, who now lives in france couldn't come to new jersey to support him.the trial? were you able to over the internet? >> i was able to. yes, a little bit. >> reporter: for sandra, the man she read about online accounts, bore no resemblance to the person she'd known for 30 years. did you think for a second that, "oh, my gosh. maybe i don't know tony as well as i think"? >> no, no. because um -- tony knew also that -- doing something stupid, as in going to kill this man, then what? then you end up in jail for the rest of your life and is it really worth it? i mean -- what mattered for him was his girls. >> reporter: veteran prosecutor wayne mello, who was chosen to try the case obviously saw it differently. >> this case was about perhaps the oldest motive in the world, in this case she and he done him wrong. >> reporter: according to the prosecutor, tony's rage, simmered until one event finally set him off on march 6th, 2011, that day was the day tony learned that sophie had introduced one of his daughters to rob. this would be first time that a child of tu