‘One of the world's biggest stories': Mushroom murder trial unleashed a bunch of ‘hot takes'
'I want to talk about some of the circus around what has fast become one of the world's biggest stories,' Mr Murray said.
'As soon as this verdict became clear, it was certainly the lead story in the UK.
'The moment of a guilty verdict was going to be one that unleashed a whole bunch of hot takes.'
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