Friday, June 22, 2007

SPECTOR JURY HEARS BLOOD EVIDENCE !

Ms Herold is considered one of the prosecution's key witnesses. Phil Spector was probably standing within two feet of actress Lana Clarkson when she was shot, the record producer's murder trial has heard.
Evidence given by forensic expert Lynne Herold to a Los Angeles court suggests blood splatter on Mr Spector's white jacket proves he could have shot her.
She also said the gun may have been wiped before police found it.
Mr Spector, 67, denies murdering Ms Clarkson, who was found dead at his Los Angeles home in February 2003.
The defence claim Ms Clarkson, best known for her role in the film Barbarian Queen, shot herself.
'Mist-like stains'
Ms Herold said blood spatter on the front and back of Mr Spector's white jacket suggested he was standing within two feet of Ms Clarkson, with his hands raised, at the time of the shooting.
She said: "Most of the bloodstains on the jacket are mist-like. You can barely see them."
But when magnified 60 times, Ms Herold said they showed that the "piece of fabric was within two to three feet of the bloodletting event".
Mr Spector faces between 15 years and life in prison if found guilty.
She added that the jacket was on Ms Clarkson's right-hand side and was "forward-facing and the arms had to be raised so the spatter could get on the back".
Ms Herold's opinion is expected to come under attack by the defence, which maintains the same scientific data points to Mr Spector being six feet away from Ms Clarkson at the time of the shooting.
"Are you aware of German research that shows that backspatter can go five to six feet?" asked defence lawyer Linda Kenney-Baden.
"No," said Ms Herold.
Ms Herold also offered analysis of bloodstains on Mr Spector's trousers, a piece of bloodied cloth found in the bathroom, as well as blood smearing on the gun used to kill Ms Clarkson.
"Something bloody came in contact with the inside of the left pants pocket," she said, suggesting it could have come from Mr Spector placing the gun in his trouser pocket.
She also said there was "smeared blood" on the .38-caliber revolver that killed 40-year-old Ms Clarkson.
"It indicates to me there was some movement. There are places on the gun that would show some of the blood was moved or removed," said Ms Herold.
BBC NEWS REPORT.

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