The defence has tentatively rested in Phil Spector’s murder trial without calling the music producer to testify on his own behalf.

Jurors visited the California mansion of music producer Phil Spector today to get a first-hand look at the place where actress Lana Clarkson died four years ago.

Prosecutors in the Phil Spector murder case have asked a judge to allow testimony from a former employee and one-time girlfriend who said the veteran record producer pointed a gun at her head in two separate incidents decades ago.