HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) — A North Carolina man was sentenced to 26 years in prison on Tuesday after pleading guilty in the November 2023 shooting death of his 19-year-old girlfriend in Horry County.
William Cody Perritt, 23, of Chadbourne, was sentenced by Horry County Circuit Judge Michael G. Nettles after entering an Alford plea to voluntary manslaughter in the Nov. 5, 2023, killing of Brooke Akins of Galivants Ferry. She died in the emergency room at McLeod Health Loris hospital after being shot in the head. He had been scheduled to stand trial starting on May. 12.
In an Alford plea, a person does not admit guilt but acknowledges a jury would likely convict them based on evidence. Perritt must serve at least 85% of his sentence before he can be considered for supervised release…