Alex Murdaugh trial juror throws damning fuel on court clerk tampering claims
One of the jurors who helped convict Alex Murdaugh last year for the murders of his wife and son testified under oath that a county clerk made comments insinuating the disbarred attorney was guilty before the jury delivered a verdict.
Murdaugh returned to a South Carolina courtroom on Monday following a request by his attorneys for a new trial on the basis that Colleton County clerk Becky Hill allegedly tampered with the jury that convicted him last year for the shooting deaths of Maggie and Paul Murdaugh.
The defence has argued that Ms Hill advised jurors not to be “fooled by” Murdaugh’s testimony on the
