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The judge in Alex Murdaugh’s murder trial blasted the courtroom gallery Friday, claiming a spectator leaked a gruesome autopsy picture not meant for public viewing — but The Post has found the photo was erroneously published in a livestream by WGN News.
After handing down two consecutive life sentences to Murdaugh for killing his wife, Maggie, and son Paul in 2021, Judge Clifton Newman addressed the photos.
“There is a complaint now regarding the posting of autopsy photographs, they came from within the courtroom, based on the direction of the photographs,” Newman said.