welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. in the united states, thejury in the double murder trial of alex murdaugh has found him guilty of murdering his wife and son. prosecutors had said the lawyer, from a well known and wealthy family, carried out the killings in an effort to distract from the fact he had been stealing from the family firm. here s the moment the verdicts were read out in court. guilty verdict. signed by the forelady, 3 2 23. we willjust renew our previously argued motions for the directed verdict and at this on the grounds on those grounds, we would make a motion for a mistrial and to set aside the verdict. by the state, response. your honour, based on our previous arguments, we would submit that the case properly went to the jury and the verdict was proper and we ll rely on those arguments. the court found at the end i of the state s case that there was sufficient evidence to find the defendant guilty, - if the evidence was. belie
a prominent lawyer in the us state of south carolina has been found guilty of killing his wife and son. prosecutors said alex murdaugh wanted to distract attention from his theft of millions of dollars from clients, which he used to fund an expensive drug habit. garry o donoghue reports. a courthouse in south carolina, but a dramatic trial that has gripped the nation s imagination. gripped the nation s imauination. ~ , . imagination. minimum sentence for murder. imagination. minimum sentence for murder. .. after imagination. minimum sentence for murder. after nearly - imagination. minimum sentence for murder. after nearly six i for murder. after nearly six weeks of for murder. after nearly six weeks of evidence for murder. after nearly six weeks of evidence but - for murder. after nearly six weeks of evidence but less i for murder. after nearly six i weeks of evidence but less than three hours of deliberation, the jury returned its verdict on both murder charges. docke
a small town courthouse in south carolina, but a dramatic trial that has gripped the nation s imagination. minimum sentence for murder. after nearly six weeks of evidence, but less than three hours of deliberation, thejury returned its verdict on both murder charges. docket number 2022 gs 15, verdict guilty, signed by the foreperson of thejury. outside the court, the prosecutor said justice had been done. if you do wrong, if you break the law, if you murder, then justice will be done in south carolina. the murdaugh family dominated the legal world in this picturesque part of south carolina. for decades, the family held key prosecutor roles in several counties, and their private law firm seen almost as powerful as law enforcement itself. it was at this 1,700 acre property that the bodies of maggie and paul murdaugh were found brutally murdered almost two years ago, the culmination of a series of events that had seen three other separate suspicious deaths connected to the fam
just how long the cold air is set to last so do keep tuned to the forecast. now, lyons is happening? the area of high pressure is moving towards the west allowing for a northerly wind and some cold fronts to sink southwards. introducing that really cold, acted feeling air mostly on sunday night and into the start of next week. let s backtrack to now and there is a bit of sunshine out towards the south coast. this is gosport. it is the exception rather than the rule this afternoon because for most of us it is rather cloudy and really very dull. there will be some brighter spells developing, mostly for north eastern areas of scotland, aberdeenshire, angus and east anglia, some brighter spells here. for most of us, cloud and drizzle. some showers across the northern ireland. elsewhere, dry. temperatures around the seasonal average. it is the wind that keeps going overnight tonight. it is feeding in all of the cloud from the north sea so always cloudier towards eastern areas. tem
as veteran broadcaster ken bruce prepares for his last show on radio 2. it s entirely within the bbc s right to ask me to step away a little early and gardening leave is a known concept in broadcasting and in many other areas. good morning. the bbc understands that some energy firms are expecting the government to keep support at, or near, current levels and they are amending their bills with that expectation in mind. the typical energy bill for a household in the uk is set to rise to £3,000 a year from april, but there are calls for the government to keep its current level of support. that support currently means the government is limiting the typical bill to £2,500 a year, plus a £400 winter discount. that support is due to end in april and fuel poverty campaigners say that means the number of households struggling to afford bills could rise from 6.7 million to 8.4 million. a treasury source said it wouldn t comment on speculation, but the chancellorjeremy hunt told the