Man who spied on Jackson jailed

A man who secretly filmed Michael Jackson in a private jet so he could sell footage has been jailed for eight months.

Arvell Jett Reeves used his position as owner of a aircraft maintenance company to hide cameras in a plane used by the pop superstar in 2003, as he flew to Santa Barbara, California, to be arrested on child molestation charges.

Reeves and co-defendant, charter jet company owner Jeffrey Borer, were accused of fitting out the Gulfstream jet with cameras and microphones bought from a spy store. It is alleged they planned to sell the tapes to a television network.

He must serve eight months in jail and six months in a halfway house.

Borer will be sentenced in October.