So, the Phil Spector murder trial is due to resume anytime now after another day off yesterday caused by a previously arranged and unavoidable commitment on the part of one of their jurors (I think they were washing their hair). Following the testimony of talent booker Dianne Ogden-Halder on Monday, in which the former friend of the legendary producer claimed Spector once attempted to rape her at gunpoint, the prosecution are today expected to call a female freelance photographer who alleges she too was once threatened at gunpoint by Spector. These testimonies are, as previously reported, all part of a bid by the prosecution to show that Spector has a long history of being abusive to women, normally while wielding a gun, so to conclude that it is entirely possible that he shot dead actress Lana Clarkson at his Beverley Hills home back in 2003.
Although the formal trial did not continue yesterday, there were more meetings at the court house to discuss the previously reported allegations, made by the prosecution, that the defence took evidence from the scene of the crime, and have failed to share it with them. As previously reported, the evidence claimed to have been thieved includes a bit of nail and a bit of tooth. At the hearing called to discuss the prosecution's allegations, a forensic specialist called Lynne Herold clarified once and for all just how important that bit of nail could be to the trial, should it exist, by telling the court: "From my position, this item has potential value or no value, depending on what it is". Thank heavens for specialist witnesses.
The case, as they say, continues.