The jury has reached a verdict in Michael Jackson’s child abuse trial.

The jury in Michael Jackson’s child sex abuse trial has begun its third full day of deliberations.

Jurors in Michael Jackson’s child sex abuse trial have begun their third day of deliberations.

As the world waits for a verdict in Michael Jackson’s child sex abuse trial the atmosphere outside the courthouse swings between the calm and the surreal.

Jurors in Michael Jackson’s child molestation trial were today given their final instructions which will dictate how they reach their verdict.

ACTOR Macaulay Culkin yesterday adamantly denied that he had ever been molested by Michael Jackson.

Michael Jackson’s young accuser and his family were “excited” to be at the singer’s Neverland ranch and never asked to leave, his child abuse trial has heard.

MICHAEL JACKSON’S young accuser and his family were never held captive at the singer’s Neverland ranch, his child molestation trial heard yesterday.

Michael Jackson’s Neverland ranch was “the happiest place on Earth,” the mother of an alleged victim told his child molestation trial today.

Lawyers in the Michael Jackson child molestation trial argued today over whether some documents used in the prosecution case had been sufficiently authenticated to be admitted into evidence.

Michael Jackson personally asked his ex-wife to defend him in the wake of Martin Bashir’s controversial documentary, which he claimed was full of lies, a court has heard.

THE jury in Michael Jackson’s child abuse trial was discharged early yesterday to enable lawyers to debate various motions before Judge Rodney Melville.

The woman at the centre of Michael Jackson’s child abuse trial left the stand today after five days of rambling testimony in which she was alternately painted as a greedy opportunist and a mentally unstable victim.

MICHAEL JACKSON’S Neverland ranch is “all about booze, pornography and sex with boys”, a court heard yesterday.

Michael Jackson’s Neverland ranch is “all about booze, pornography and sex with boys”, a court heard today.

The woman at the centre of Michael Jackson’s child abuse trial will today be cross-examined by the pop star’s defence team, expected to launch a strong attack on her credibility.

THE mother of Michael Jackson's accuser claimed yesterday she was acting when she was filmed heaping praise on the pop star.

THE mother of Michael Jackson’s accuser made a distressed call to her fiancé from Neverland while the family was allegedly held captive at the ranch, a court heard yesterday.

Michael Jackson sobbed and shook when the mother of a boy he allegedly molested refused to let him share the singer’s bed, a court has heard.

MICHAEL JACKSON’S former chef claimed yesterday he caught the pop star with his hand down Home Alone star Macaulay Culkin’s pants.

A YOUTH pastor who claims Michael Jackson molested him three times admitted yesterday that he originally denied any wrongdoing to police.

A former maid at Michael Jackson’s Neverland ranch claimed today she once saw the pop star taking a shower with an eight-year-old boy.

AN array of previous sex abuse allegations made against Michael Jackson can be admitted as evidence in his child molestation trial, a court ruled yesterday.

LABELS on fingerprint evidence seized from Michael Jackson’s Neverland ranch were switched and some of it was handled without gloves, it emerged yesterday.

Labels on fingerprint evidence seized from Michael Jackson’s Neverland ranch were switched and some of it was handled without gloves, it emerged today.

A COMEDIAN who lent the family of Michael Jackson’s accuser $20,000 (€15,000) believed they were held hostage after receiving a distressing call from his mother, she claimed yesterday.

PROSECUTORS in the Michael Jackson child molestation case asked the trial judge yesterday to schedule a hearing as early as next week on whether to admit evidence of alleged prior sexual offences by Jackson.

Prosecutors in the Michael Jackson child molestation case asked the trial judge today to schedule a hearing as early as next week on whether to admit evidence of alleged prior sexual offences by Jackson.

Michael Jackson’s child molestation trial has not stemmed visits by youngsters to his Neverland ranch, his spokeswoman said.

Michael Jackson’s child molestation trial has not stemmed visits by youngsters to his Neverland ranch, his spokeswoman said.

The sister of Michael Jackson’s 13-year-old accuser broke down crying twice in court today as she described how her brother’s behaviour had changed after getting to know the star.

Not a single witness saw Michael Jackson act inappropriately towards children, it was claimed today.

Michael Jackson will be introduced to some 300 prospective jurors in court today, launching a trial which could see one of the world’s most recognised faces jailed for years.

MICHAEL JACKSON, the once undisputed King of Pop, goes on trial today charged with child sex abuse in a case that is expected to attract an audience of billions.

FANS of Michael Jackson erupted in cheers yesterday as the pop star emerged from a double-decker tour bus and went into a California court for a showdown with the prosecutor who has pursued him for years on child molestation charges.

Fans of Michael Jackson erupted in cheers today as the pop star emerged from a double-decker tour bus and went into a California court for a showdown with the prosecutor who has pursued him for years on child molestation charges.

Dozens of Michael Jackson’s fans pressed against a chain-link fence outside a California court today, staking out viewing spots hours before the pop star was to arrive to face the prosecutor who has pursued him for years on child molestation charges.

Michael Jackson has attacked whoever was responsible for leaking documents that disclosed the settlement terms in a 1993 civil case accusing him of child molestation.