Hearing set in disgraced ex-lawyer Alex Murdaugh’s bid for fresh murder trial

Alex Murdaugh , centre, is led out of Colleton County Courthouse by sheriff’s deputies after being convicted of murder in March (Chris Carlson/AP)

The new judge handling the fallout over Alex Murdaugh’s murder convictions plans to hold an evidentiary hearing late next month.

Murdaugh’s lawyers want another trial in the killings of the former lawyer’s wife and younger son, citing allegations that the court clerk improperly influenced the jury.