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Friday, 31 October 2008

Phil Spector trial off to shaky start


Prosecution alleges producer has history of threatening women with guns

Opening statements in the murder retrial of super producer Phil Spector got underway in Los Angeles, with the prosecution painting a picture of a man who repeatedly threatened women with guns.

Prosecutor Alan Jackson showed the new jury photos of actress Lana Clarkson, whom Spector is accused of murdering at his Los Angeles mansion in 2003. Jackson, who also worked on Spector's original trial last year, claimed that the producer shot Clarkson after she resisted his sexual advances.

The first day of testimony has been postponed because one of the jurors is injured.

An alternate juror reportedly fell in the parking lot of the Los Angeles court this morning (October 30) and injured his foot. The trial is set to resume on Monday

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