Murdaugh trial court clerk pleads guilty to showing sealed crime scene photos to photographer

A erstwhile South Carolina tribunal clerk pleaded blameworthy Monday successful transportation with showing sealed tribunal exhibits related to the execution proceedings of disgraced lawyer Alex Murdaugh to a lensman and lying astir it successful court.

Mary Rebecca "Becky" Hill, who served arsenic the tribunal clerk successful Colleton County, pleaded blameworthy to 4 charges — obstruction of justness and perjury for showing a newsman photographs that were sealed tribunal exhibits and past lying astir it, positive 2 counts of misconduct successful bureau for taking bonuses and promoting a publication she wrote connected the proceedings done her nationalist office. 

"There is nary excuse for the mistakes I made. I’m ashamed of them and volition transportation that shame the remainder of my life," Hill said successful a connection work to the court.

She was sentenced to 3 years of probation.

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Colleton County Clerk of Court Rebecca Hill is sworn successful earlier taking the basal to attest during the Alex Murdaugh jury-tampering proceeding astatine the Richland County Judicial Center, Monday, Jan. 29, 2024, successful Columbia, S.C. (AP)

Her condemnation would person been overmuch harsher had grounds surfaced that she tampered with the execution trial, Judge Heath Taylor told Hill. 

During Murdaugjh's execution trial, Hill was liable for taking attraction of the jury, overseeing exhibits and assisting the judge. Murdaugh was yet convicted of murdering his woman and lad aft a six-week trial, which drew nationwide attention.

Murdaugh's lawyers said Hill tried to power jurors to ballot blameworthy and that she was biased against Murdaugh due to the fact that of her book.

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Former Colleton County Clerk of Court Mary Rebecca "Becky" Hill smiles aft pleading blameworthy connected Monday, Dec. 8, 2025, successful St. Matthews, S.C. Hill pleaded blameworthy Monday to showing sealed exhibits from Alex Murdaugh's execution proceedings and different charges.  (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)

Solicitor Rick Hubbard told the justice that a writer informed investigators that Hill showed graphic transgression country photos to respective media members.

He did not sanction the journalist.

The photos were posted online, and the metadata from the images matched a clip erstwhile Hill's courthouse cardinal paper indicated she was wrong the locked country wherever the photos were kept, Hubbard said.

Former Colleton County Clerk of Court Mary Rebecca "Becky" Hill is sworn successful during a tribunal proceeding connected Monday successful St. Matthews, S.C..  (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)

Hill resigned successful March 2024. One of the charges against her stemmed from wealth prosecutors said she took for herself. She brought a cheque to tribunal connected Monday to repay astir $10,000.

Meanwhile, Murdaugh is besides serving a situation condemnation for stealing wealth from his family's instrumentality steadfast and lawsuit settlements.

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Fox News Digital has reached retired to Murdaugh's attorney.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.