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BBC OS: 2023/03/03 16:06 GMT: Alex Murdaugh sentenced to life in prison

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Alex Murdaugh's sentencing

2023/03/03 16:06 GMT

2023/03/03 16:06 GMT: Alex Murdaugh sentenced to life in prison

Alex Murdaugh sentenced to life in prison

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The US lawyer has been found guilty of killing his wife and youngest son

The US lawyer has been found guilty of killing his wife and youngest son.

The prominent lawyer Alex Murdaugh has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his son and wife on their family estate in 2021. Judge Clifton Newman sentenced Murdaugh to life in prison for each murder count and said these will be served consecutively.

We look at the situation in the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut,  after the chief of Wagner mercenary group said his forces now almost totally surround the city.

Our reporter, who has been investigating illegal puppy trade, explains how hundreds of dogs are being smuggled into the UK from puppy mills in Eastern Europe.

All-white, all-male Glastonbury festival headline line-up has sparked calls for diversity. We hear some messages from music fans.

(Photo: Alex Murdaugh gives testimony in his murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, South Carolina, U.S., February 23, 2023. Credit: Grace Beahm Alford/Pool via USA TODAY NETWORK via REUTERS/File Photo)

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