Staff Jurors heard opening arguments Tuesday in the trial of a Hanahan man accused of beating his girlfriend to death with a wine carafe and then setting on fire the North Charleston bar where she worked. Only eight witnesses testified Tuesday before a dispute about the law arose, and Circuit Judge Luke Brown had to send the jury home while attorneys for the prosecution and defense worked on a solution.
Testimony continues today.
The state's case against Myers is a story of a dangerous obsession, Assistant Solicitor Bruce Durant said. We were breaking up. However, in his opening statement, defense attorney Tim Kulp vigorously disputed the idea that Myers' confessions were true. Myers' mother testified she believed he was in bed at the time of Haught's death. The defense will show that Myers' statements were false confessions from a man who was broken by questionable police interrogation methods, Kulp said.