Watch as Alex Murdaugh murder trial continues with jury touring crime scene

Watch from South Carolina as the Alex Murdaugh murder trial continues on Wednesday with closing arguments after the jury tours the crime scene.

The court has seen some emotional and dramatic moments unfold during tense cross-examinations and witness testimonies in recent weeks.

Mr Murdaugh faced a grilling from prosecutors after he admitted that he had lied about where he was and what he was doing the night of the murders.

He maintains that he is innocent of their murder, but was on Wednesday painted as a “family annihilator” by the prosecution.

A “gathering storm” of financial crimes, opioid addiction and years of “living a lie” culminated in the moment that he murdered his wife Maggie and son Paul, lead prosecutor Creighton Waters told the jury.

“When those pressures mount someone becomes a family annihilator,” he said.

“After an exhaustive investigation, there is only one person that had the motive, that had the means, that had the opportunity to commit these crimes.”

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