Court clerk who helped with Alex Murdaugh’s trial pleads guilty to showing sealed exhibits

Former Colleton County Clerk of Court Mary Rebecca "Becky" Hill listens during her guilty plea on Monday in St. Matthews, South Carolina. Jeffrey Collins/AP AP —

The former court clerk in South Carolina who helped out with the murder trial of attorney Alex Murdaugh pleaded guilty Monday to criminal charges for showing sealed court exhibits to a photographer and lying about it in court.

Former Colleton County Clerk of Court Mary Rebecca “Becky” Hill pleaded guilty in Colleton County Circuit Court to four charges – obstruction of justice and perjury for showing a reporter photographs that were sealed court exhibits and then lying about it – as well as two counts of misconduct in office for taking bonuses and promoting through her public office a book she wrote on the trial.

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