Complex sentence: Canning's defence began with opening statements from Williams and Morton, the latter emphasising her apparent misfortune at twice being subjected to such anguish; for prosecuting her assailants, and for being punished for doing so.
Split into simpler sentences: Canning's defence began with opening statements from Williams and Morton. The latter emphasised her misfortune at twice being subjected to such anguish, firstly for prosecuting her assailants and secondly for being punished for doing so.