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And on your left, the shooting room: Spector trial update
By CMU Editorial | Published on Friday 20 February 2009
The jury in the ongoing Phil Spector murder trial had an away day yesterday, taking a tour of the legendary producer’s LA home, including the room where actress Lana Clarkson was shot dead back in 2003.
They also had a good look at the fountain in the courtyard, which has relevance to the case because there has been debate over how noisy it may or may not have been when Spector appeared at the doorway to his house just after Clarkson had been shot.
Spector’s chauffeur claims he heard the producer say “I think I killed somebody”, but the defence argue the driver, not a native English speaker, could have misheard over the splashing of the fountain.
Photos of the crime scene shortly after the shooting, with Clarkson’s dead body and all that blood, were also displayed as the jury toured the building.
Spector and his legal team were also in attendance because the trip constituted a session of the trial, though the producer’s young wife, Rachelle, was asked to stay away this time.
She was there when the jury visited the crime scene in the first Spector trial, and the prosecution claimed that seeing the defendant and his wife close together in their home might have influenced that jury.
As much previously reported, Spector is accused of shooting Clarkson dead, he claims she shot herself. The whole case is going through court for a second time after the first trial resulted in a mistrial.
