The trial of legendary producer Phil Spector has reached its final stages with the prosecution delivering its final arguments.
The inventor of the famous ‘Wall Of Sound’ technique, Spector scored a series of massive hits throughout the early 60s. Influencing emerging songwriting teams such as Lennon and McCartney, Spector was the most famous man in pop before losing his golden touch.
His increasingly erratic behaviour made it difficult for the producer to settle into projects, notably steering disastrous albums featuring John Lennon and later, punk legends The Ramones.
Spector is accused of murdering an actress at his home in 2003. He denies the charges, and the first trail in this case ended in a deadlock in September 2007.
The new trial has lasted five months and saw members of the jury entering the scene of the crime – Spector’s own home.
Prosecutor Truc Do said that Spector has a tendency to “grab a gun” when angered, and that he has a “conscious disregard for human life”
“When he’s ignited, he always does the same thing — he grabs a gun,” Do said, according to Reuters. “In every single one of these incidents, Mr. Spector demonstrates conscious disregard for human life…Her death was a death waiting to happen in his world.”
It is no secret that Spector has a love of weaponry – he drew guns on both John Lennon and The Ramones during disastrous recording sessions.
The jury will now retire to deliver its verdict.
