http://syn2.thecanadianpress.com:8080/mrss/feed/fcf7391a2f354311807f0501c16bde6a MSN - AP World Copyright © 2010-2018 The Canadian Press. All rights reserved. http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Tue, 13 May 2025 10:28:07 +0000 http://syn2.thecanadianpress.com:8080/mrss/feed/fcf7391a2f354311807f0501c16bde6a/851b53a5e6c944a4a98679c865abf295 851b53a5e6c944a4a98679c865abf295 Thu, 26 Jan 2023 11:23:37 +0000 SHOTLIST:RESTRICTION SUMMARY:  POOLWalterboro, South Carolina -- 25 January 20231. Suspect Alex Murdaugh seated in courtHEADLINE: Opening statements in Alex Murdaugh murder trial++SHOT #3 PARTLY COVERS SOUNDBITE #2++2. SOUNDBITE (English) Creighton Waters, prosecutor:"And the evidence is going to show that the defendant, Alex Murdaugh over there, told anyone who would listen that he was never at those kennels. But the evidence is also going to show from these things that every one of us, most of us carry around in our pockets, that he was there and he was there just minutes before, with Maggie and Paul, just minutes before their cellphones go silent forever and ever. 3. Murdaugh in courtANNOTATION: South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh is accused of killing his wife and son.4. SOUNDBITE (English) Dick Harpootlian, defense attorney:"Now, what makes this even more complicated is there's no direct evidence. There's no eyewitness. There's no camera. There's no fingerprints. There's no forensics tying him to the crime. None. None. I say that without any fear of contradiction whatsoever. None."++ENDS ON SOUNDBITE++STORYLINE:After 19 months of speculation, US prosecutors finally laid out their evidence Wednesday that Alex Murdaugh killed his wife and son as they opened the double murder trial for the disgraced South Carolina attorney.There was gunshot residue on a seat belt, bullets pulled from bodies that matched ammunition boxes from around the home and cellphones never used again just a few minutes after Murdaugh, his wife and son were all heard in a cellphone video, prosecutor Creighton Waters said in his opening statement.A defense lawyer said prosecutors incorrectly locked in on Murdaugh's guilt from the start and have spent all that time trying to jam bits of evidence that can be explained away or leave an incomplete picture into a story that frames the wrong man.Waters opened the trial with three minutes of graphic description of the scene where the bodies of Maggie Murdaugh, 52, and her son, Paul, 22, were found shot with at least one bullet to the head by two different guns, pointing to Paul Murdaugh's head and calling it “catastrophic damage.”Harpootlian added even more gruesome details - how the shotgun blast that killed Paul Murdaugh was so close to his head that his brain exploded from his skull and was found at his feet. Alex Murdaugh started crying when his lawyer discussed the detail.It was the start of what is expected to be a three-week trial at the Colleton County Courthouse. Both sides finished picking a 12-person jury with six alternates Wednesday.Murdaugh, 54, is standing trial on two counts of murder. If convicted, he faces 30 years to life in prison.===========================================================Clients are reminded: (i) to check the terms of their licence agreements for use of content outside news programming and that further advice and assistance can be obtained from the AP Archive on: Tel +44 (0) 20 7482 7482 Email: info@aparchive.com(ii) they should check with the applicable collecting society in their Territory regarding the clearance of any sound recording or performance included within the AP Television News service (iii) they have editorial responsibility for the use of all and any content included within the AP Television News service and for libel, privacy, compliance and third party rights applicable to their Territory. Opening statements in Alex Murdaugh murder trial