English - Alex Murdaugh Killing's Trial BBC Signature -Sunil Phillips
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This is BBC English, India. I'm Sunil a disgraced South Carolina lawyer has been found guilty of murdering his wife and son to distract from his multimillion dollar financial crimes. The jury deliberated for less than three hours before finding Alex Murdock 50 for guilty of two counts of murder. And at the end of a six week trial, he faces 30 years of life in prison without payroll for each murder charge. Maggie and Pearl Murdoch were shot at close range near the dog kennels on their family estate on 7th June 2021 Alex Murdoch stood impassively as he learned his fate. During Thursday evening's hearing in Waterloo, the evidence of guilt is overwhelming South Carolina Circuit Church. Clinton Newman said he had rejected a defense motion for a mistrial. He scheduled a sentencing for Friday morning. Murdoch had pleaded not guilty to killing his wife and younger son in an attempt to conceal years of financial corruption fraud that he himself had acknowledged the court after the 12 person jury verdict, dozens of Spectators gathered outside the back of the court where officers ushered a handcuffed murder quickly into a black man. Reporters shouted questions though he remained silent as police stuck him inside the vehicle. One man behind the media line shouted that he was praying for him. The case. Chronicling the downfall of a family born to power and privilege made national headlines, inspiring documentaries on Netflix and HBO murder was once an influential personal injury attorney in the state. And for decades until 2006, his family members had served as the leading prosecutors in the area. But the trial heard that for years, he had been stealing from his law partners and clients to feed an addiction to painkillers and an extravagant lifestyle. The story murder was not arrested for over a year after he killed his family as investigators unwound the complicated case In a risky move for any defendant in a murder case. Murder took to the witness stand trying to convince the jury that someone angry over a deadly 2,019 boating accident involved Paul could have killed his son to seek a revenge. Yeah, I would never hurt Maggie and I would never hurt Paul ever under any circumstance model testified the case against him was based entirely on circumstantial evidence. No direct evidence, things like a murder weapon, blood on his clothing or an eyewitness was presented at trial. Instead, the prosecution focused on an incriminating snapshot video taken by Paul murderer's son just before the murders. Paul and his mother were killed at the kennels on the family spoiling hunting state known as Mozelle for 20 months after the murders, Alex murder told law enforcement repeatedly he had not been at the dark candle at all that evening and was at home napping. But in the snapshot video filmed by Paul just minutes before the shootings, the defendant's voice could be heard in the background on the stand. A trial murder admitted he had lied saying his years long addiction to painkillers had put him in a paranoid state. The court also heard of murders, bizarre attempt to stage his own death in an insurance fraud scheme just three months after he murdered his 52 year old wife and 22 year old son. Prosecutors alleged that murder had used one of these a .300 blackout assault style rifle to kill Maggie another weapon to kill Paul, but they were unable to find either the firearm and produce them. A trial. Maggie was shot four or 5 times with a rifle and the sun was shot twice with a shotgun. South Carolina's top prosecutor, Attorney General, Alan Wilson said today's verdict proves that no one, no matter who you are in society is above the law. And so goes that Alex murder was put behind bars.