Spector was arrested and initially told police 'the gun went off accidentally', before later saying Ms Clarkson had killed herself.

Police officers arrived and found Ms Clarkson's dead body slumped in a chair with a single gunshot wound to her mouth.

In the early hours of 3 February 2003, Mr De Souza said he heard a noise from inside Spector's property and the producer opened the door with a gun in his hand and said: 'I think I killed somebody.'.

Spector invited Clarkson to his mansion in Alhambra, California, and the pair were driven there by his driver Adriano De Souza.

Later that evening, he took a waitress to the House of Blues on LA's Sunset Strip where he was introduced to actress Lana Clarkson, who was working as a hostess at the venue.Phil Spector met a friend for dinner in Los Angeles on the evening of 2 February 2003 where multiple witnesses reported he was drinking heavily.How Phil Spector was convicted of Lana Clarkson's murder 'I think it's ludicrous to think (Lana Clarkson) walked into a stranger's house, rooted around in (Spector's) things, found a gun and shot herself in the face,' says Joyce. She also highlights the apparent lack of blood on the white jacket that Spector was wearing on the night of Clarkson's death.ĭon Argott, who directed the documentary with Joyce, says the pair 'kept an open mind' about Spector's conviction as they pored over transcripts, documents and video evidence shown at his trial.īut both filmmakers believe the jury's verdict was correct at Spector's retrial. He had no gunshot residue on him,' Spector's trial lawyer Linda Kenney Baden tells the documentary.

'There were no fingerprints found (on the gun). Pic: Sky UK/Photoshot/Everett Collectionĭuring Spector's first trial - which ended with a hung jury - and his subsequent retrial, when he was convicted of murder, defence lawyers had argued that there was 'no physical evidence' that Spector pulled the trigger of the gun that killed Clarkson. Image: Spector wore a range of different wigs during his court appearances.

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