He was found guilty Lawyer Alex Murdow, as the jury on USA they decided he murdered his wife and one son in order to cover up a series of frauds. Before announcing the sentence, Judge Clifton Newman addressed Murdow, saying it was impossible for him to understand the “duplicity” of a lawyer who once stood tall in court and now found himself on the other side, in the dock.
He recalled that Murdow comes from a “dynasty” of lawyers, a “respectable family that has controlled justice in this area for a century.” To the extent that one a portrait of the defendant’s grandfather graced the courtroomuntil the judge ordered it removed.
Alex Murdow, handcuffed and in prison uniform, insisted on his innocence. His son, Buster, was also in court. “I respect this court but I am innocent. I would never hurt my wife Maggie (…) and my son Pow-Pow,” he insisted, calling his son Paul by his nickname.
According to prosecutors, Murdow, 54, embezzled huge sums of money from the law firm where he worked, his friends and even the heirs of the housekeeper who was killed when she tripped over the family’s dog and fell down the stairs. He allegedly killed his wife and son in an attempt to keep his scams from being discovered. He is also charged with insurance fraud for asking a drug dealer to shoot him so his other son could collect on his life insurance.
A jury in Walterboro took just three hours to find him guilty, and the judge sentenced him to two life sentences. “I know you’ll see Paul and Maggie at night when you’re trying to sleep. I’m sure they will come to visit you,” she told him.
Prosecutor Creighton Waters spoke of a “scheming” man who “abused the trust of so many people, his friends, relatives, partners and most of all Maggie and Paul”. “No one knew who this man really was. And that’s scary,” he added.
Source: News Beast
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