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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rachel Sharp

Alex Murdaugh confronted by theft victims at sentencing: ‘What kind of animal are you?’

AP

Family annihilator Alex Murdaugh was confronted in court by several victims who put their trust in him in their hour of need – only for him to abuse that trust and steal millions of dollars in much-needed wrongful death and personal injury payments.

The disgraced legal scion appeared in Beaufort County Court in South Carolina on Tuesday morning where he was sentenced to 27 years in state prison on a slew of financial charges, after reaching a plea deal with prosecutors earlier this month.

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