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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rachel Sharp

Alex Murdaugh judge compares defence attorney to Kyrie Irving after he shared ‘sloppy investigation’ post

ASSOCIATED PRESS

The judge in Alex Murdaugh’s double murder trial has compared one of his defence attorneys to Kyrie Irving as he scolded him for a social media post branding the criminal investigation “sloppy”.

At the start of day 19 of the disgraced legal scion’s trial in the Colleton County Courthouse on Tuesday, Judge Clifton Newman questioned Mr Murdaugh’s attorney Jim Griffin about one of his tweets about the case.

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