More than 200 potential jurors were dismissed from serving in the trial of a US man who gained an infamous reputation after raising the price of a HIV drug by 5,000 per cent.

Martin Shkreli, 34, known as ‘Pharma Bro’, faces up to 20 years in prison after being convicted of securities fraud earlier this month.

The jury selection process back in June took three days and saw more than 200 prospective jurors dismissed due to their disdain towards him.

Shkreli, the former boss of Turing Pharmaceuticals, became notorious in the US after he increased the price of the Daraprim drug by 5,000 per cent and also supported the 400 per cent price hike of EpiPen.

Harper’s has published excerpts from the jury selection proceedings that reveal how dozens of potential jurors felt about Shkreli including one who said he “looks like a d***” and another who described him as the “most hated man in America”.

Another prospective juror was dismissed after he said that Shkreli has “disrespected the Wu-Tang Clan”.

Shkreli famously leaked a one-of-a-kind album by the hip-hop group after buying it for $2 million on the agreement that he would not release it commercially for 88 years. He had vowed to leak it if Donald Trump won the US election.

Remarks from dismissed jurors Juror No 1: I'm aware of the defendant and I hate him Juror No 47: He's the most hated man in America Juror No 52: I just walked in and looked right at him and that’s a snake. Juror No 144: I don’t think I can because he kind of looks like a d***. Juror No 10: The only thing I’d be impartial about is what prison this guy goes to. Juror No 59: Your honour, totally he is guilty and in no way can I let him slide out of anything because… It’s my attitude towards his entire demeanour, what he has done to people… And he disrespected the Wu-Tang Clan.”

Speaking to the judge, Juror No 59 said: “Your honour, totally he is guilty and in no way can I let him slide out of anything because… It’s my attitude towards his entire demeanour, what he has done to people… And he disrespected the Wu-Tang Clan.”

Juror No 10 was excused after saying: “The only thing I’d be impartial about is what prison this guy goes to”, while Juror No 28 said: “I don’t like this person at all. I just can’t understand why he would be so stupid as to take an antibiotic which HIV people need and jack it up five thousand per cent. I would honestly, like, seriously like to go over there…”

Another prospective juror asked to be excused because she said Shkreli was “a snake”.

One called him “a greedy little man”, while another said: “I’m aware of the defendant and I hate him”.

Potential jurors repeatedly referenced the Daraprim pricing scandal in their reasons for being excused, despite the fact that Shkreli was being tried for securities fraud, which was unconnected.

The criminal case related to accusations that Shkreli deceived multiple people who had invested in two hedge funds he previously ran. He was accused of lying about the performance of the hedge funds and refusing to redeem the money as promised.

After a month-long trial at a court in Brooklyn, the jury of seven women and five men in Shkreli’s trial convicted him of two counts of securities fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit securities fraud relating to the hedge funds.

He was cleared of defrauding Retrophin, his former biotech company, which he was accused of illegally raiding for assets to reimburse investors who demanded their money back.

He faces up to 20 years in prison when he is sentenced. A date for sentencing has not yet been set.