Phil Spector on trial for murder
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Legendary music producer Phil Spector is being trialled for murder.
Spector has been accused of the murder of actress Lana Clarkson in February 2003.
He denies that he killed Clarkson at a private meeting in his Los Angeles hilltop home on
February 3, 2003, and insists she accidentally committed suicide.
Among witnesses is Spector’s chauffer who has told courts that Spector admitted he had killed Clarkson moments after it had occurred.
Prosecutor Alan Jackson said: "Phillip Spector emerged from the door. In his
right hand a pistol. Between his fingers ran blood. Phillip Spector looked directly at (his chauffer) from about four or five feet away and confessed, 'I think I killed somebody.' "
Jackson said the evidence would paint a picture of Spector as a man with a "very rich history of violence", who could turn "sinister and deadly" when confronted with the "right circumstances. He put a loaded pistol in Lana Clarkson's mouth and he shot her to death."
Jackson claims he can call on four women who would testify Spector had threatened them with a gun when they tried to leave his home after a night of heavy drinking.
Lead defence attorney Bruce Cutler on behalf of Phil Spector told the court he could prove Clarkson, 40, was holding the gun when it went off.
"A self-inflicted gunshot wound can be an accidental suicide and the evidence will show you that's the case. At the time of the discharge of the gun, Phillip Spector was not holding
that gun. We will prove that to you. She was." Says Cutler.
The musical genius will face life in prison if he is convicted of killing Clarkson.
The trial, which is being televised live, is expected to last for up to three months.
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