A judge in the US has said he accepts that the defence counsel in the Phil Spector are not hiding a crucial piece of evidence in the on going murder case against the legendary producer.
The prosecution in the case reckon that investigators who visited the scene shortly after the death of actress Lana Clarkson at Spector's home last year overlooked some crucial finger nail evidence that had been spotted by a forensic specialist, and that the defence counsel have subsequently discovered that evidence and are now hiding it. However the defence deny those allegations, and Superior Court Judge Carlos Uranga last week said he believed them, and that the case would now continue without that possible evidence being used by either side.
Following that decision Uranga set a date of 20 Oct for the court to reconvene to decide whether or not there is now sufficient evidence to try Spector for Clarkson's murder. The producer maintains the actress shot herself when she visited his LA home in Feb 2003.