#Phil spectre trial#

King Charles joins the Earl of Wessex, the Princess Royal and Prince Andrew to stand at guard at Her Majesty's coffin before Monday's funeralĭavid Beckham weeps as he walks past Queen's coffin after queuing for THIRTEEN HOURS with other mourners to pay his respects to Her Majesty The man who was credited with revolutionizing the way pop music was produced in the 1960s was eventually convicted of Clarkson's murder in 2009. Threatened and terrorised by Spector, his victims - who were either dating him or longtime friends - never called police. They painted a disturbing picture of an out-of-control maniac, drunk on his own reputation and convinced that he was too famous to be brought to account. Throughout both hearings Spector's high-priced defense team had claimed that Clarkson killed herself in a fit of despair over her fading film career.īut Spector, a man obsessed with guns, liked to dine out on the story that he once pulled a pistol on John Lennon in a recording studio.Īnd in the end, his violent past caught up with him.Ī procession of women gave evidence about Spector's drunken attacks, invariably involving guns. In both of his trials jurors were taken to examine the murder scene.

But a second jury in 2009 found him guilty of second degree murder with a sentence of 19 years in prison.

#Phil spectre trial#

Spector's initial trial ended in a deadlocked jury.

Spector pictured in 2013. Speaking to Esquire in 2003, Spector claimed Clarkson's death was an 'accidental suicide' and that she had tried to 'kiss the gun' before it inadvertently went off