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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jeffrey Collins

Clerk over Alex Murdaugh trial spent thousands on bonuses, meals and gifts, ethics complaint says

ASSOCIATED PRESS

South Carolina officials have filed 76 counts of ethics violations against the court clerk who handled the Alex Murdaugh murder trial.

The 25 pages of allegations accuse former Colleton County Clerk of Court Becky Hill of allowing a photo of Murdaugh in a holding cell to be taken to promote her book on the trial, giving herself bonuses, and using county money to by dozens of lunches for her staff, prosecutors and a vendor.

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