nose, a shuffling ariel castro walked into a courtroom, shackles on legs and handcuffs on his wrist and plea deal agreements in his head. are you fully aware of the terms and do you consent to the plea agreement? i m aware and concert to it. do you understand by vir few of the plea you will not be having a trial? i m aware of it. reporter: amanda berry gave birth to a daughter while in captivity. castro stunned the courtroom when he said this during the courtroom. reporter: that daughter named jocelyn is now six years old. the three woman victimized, wanted to avoid testifying at the trial scheduled to start a week from monday. after the plea deal was reached, they issued a statement saying they are relieved by today s plea and are looking forward to having theseless l proceedings draw.
castro pled guilty to more than 900 counts with kidnapping, rape, assault and aggravated for a miscarriage one victim had. he ll be sentenced to life in prison plus 1000 years life in parole ever but no death sentence. the three women will not have to testify against him. our gary tuchman was inside the courtroom as the hearing unfolded. reporter: with glasses on his nose, a shuffling ariel castro walked into a courtroom, shackles on legs and handcuffs on his wrist and plea deal agreements in his head. are you fully aware of the terms and do you consent to the plea agreement? i m aware and concert to it. do you understand by vir few of the plea you will not be having a trial? i m aware of it. reporter: amanda berry gave
whether or not he was going to spend life in prison, wasn t really a question ever for them. so we re expecting to hear the details of the plea deal agreement that is been reached by both the prosecution and the defense and those negotiations have been going on for several months now and here this morning we just got word late yesterday that they would be scheduling this. this is of course 10 days before his trial is set to begin. and after that trial begins they could not reach any of these plea deal agreements. kelly? kelly: what about the three women? they are the victims in all of this and certainly we have been enlightened and inspired by their statements in the wake of all this but what are they saying now about the development in trial or in this case, rather. reporter: you can only imagine after 10 plus years in captivity, being held hostage, raped, beaten by that man, ariel cast very allegedly this is something their attorneys said they want the whole process to be over with