In this case, the ellipsis is used to indicate an omission rather than a pause. The omission can be identified within the sentence where the ellipsis is placed. The full sentence would have been, "It took more than two years for the case to be tried in court and a verdict to be reached." However, by using an ellipsis after "tried in court," the writer is signaling that some words or details have been deliberately left out. This suggests that the focus is on the time duration and the outcome rather than the specific details of the trial process.
