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The Independent UK
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Holly Patrick

Watch live: Alex Murdaugh trial continues after surviving son gives testimony

Jeff Blake

Watch live as Alex Murdaugh's murder trial gets underway for the 22nd day of testimony.

The South Carolina attorney, 54, stands trial on two counts of murder in the shootings of his wife and son on the family’s Colleton County property on 7 June 2021.

Murdaugh’s wife, Maggie, 52, was shot several times with a rifle. Paul, Murdaugh’s 22-year-old son, was shot twice with a shotgun near kennels.

On Tuesday (21 February) the court heard testimony from Mr Murdaugh’s surviving son Buster.

The 26-year-old said that his father was “destroyed” after the murders of Maggie and Paul.

As he was called to the stand, he described how his father’s demeanour was “normal” on 7 June 2021 and no different from how he had been earlier in the day.

It marks the first time Buster has publicly spoken about the murders.

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