The doctor charged with Michael Jackson’s death has decided not to enter the witness box to give evidence in his own defence in the case.

An expert on the powerful anaesthetic blamed for Michael Jackson’s death hinted he disagreed with prosecutors’ theories in the case against the singer’s personal doctor.

A tearful nurse told the manslaughter trial of Michael Jackson’s doctor that her efforts to save the singer from the drug he craved for sleep were rebuffed by the star, who insisted he needed the powerful anaesthetic that eventually killed him.

The judge in the trial of Michael Jackson’s doctor today blocked defence lawyers from asking about the singer’s multimillion-dollar contract for his final concert series.

An expert on the powerful anaesthetic blamed for Michael Jackson's death today told jurors that it is difficult to know the medication's precise effect on the singer because he had been given so much of it for his insomnia in the months before he died.

The lead lawyer for the doctor charged in Michael Jackson’s death challenged a key prosecution expert about his contention that the physician was responsible for the death of the singer.

The trial of the doctor charged over Michael Jackson’s death has resumed after days of delay, with jurors hearing from a leading expert on the powerful anaesthetic propofol that authorities say killed the star.

Lawyers for the doctor charged over Michael Jackson’s death have dropped their claim that the pop star swallowed a fatal dose of the anaesthetic propofol while his physician was not looking.

Lawyers for the doctor charged over Michael Jackson’s death have said they are dropping their claim that the singer self-administered a fatal dose of the anaesthetic propofol.

In his own words, Dr Conrad Murray described how he spent months trying to shepherd Michael Jackson through a raging case of insomnia, giving him nightly infusions of an anaesthetic until realising that the singer was becoming addicted.

A coroner’s investigator has acknowledged that she made mistakes while collecting medications and other evidence from Michael Jackson’s bedroom after he died, but she minimised the issues by saying no investigation is perfect.

A DEFENCE attorney yesterday attacked the notes and recollections of a coroner’s investigator who collected medication and items from the bedroom of Michael Jackson after he died.

PROSECUTORS yesterday called the girlfriend of the doctor charged over Michael Jackson’s death to detail the physician’s busy schedule on the day the singer died.

Prosecutors today called the girlfriend of the doctor charged over Michael Jackson’s death to detail the physician’s busy schedule on the day the singer died.

The judge overseeing the trial of the doctor accused of killing pop star Michael Jackson told the lead defence lawyer that he found an interview done with his law partner shocking.

One of Michael Jackson’s bodyguards told jurors he had barely stepped into the singer’s bedroom when he heard the King of Pop’s daughter scream “Daddy!”.

THE first bodyguard to reach Michael Jackson’s bedroom after the singer’s doctor called for help has said that he was told by the physician to gather medicine vials before calling 911.

The first bodyguard to reach Michael Jackson's bedroom after the singer's doctor called for help testified today that he was told by the doctor to gather medicine vials before calling emergency services.

Michael Jackson was in good spirits at a rehearsal on the night before he died, a bodyguard testified today.

A LAWYER for the promoter of Michael Jackson’s final concerts said the singer’s doctor asked the company for life-saving equipment just days before the pop superstar’s death.

A lawyer for the promoter of Michael Jackson’s final concerts today said the singer’s personal doctor asked the company for life-saving equipment just days before the pop superstar’s death.

Michael Jackson looked strong and healthy two days before he died, during one of the final rehearsals for his comeback concerts, a promoter told his doctor’s trial today.

Slow and slurred, Michael Jackson’s words echoed through a Los Angeles court at the start of the trial of the doctor accused of killing him.

PROSECUTORS told jurors last night that Michael Jackson was killed by the actions of his personal physician, who used a dangerous anaesthetic without adequate safeguards and botched recovery efforts when he found the singer unconscious.

Michael Jackson caused his own death, a lawyer for the doctor charged with the singer’s involuntary manslaughter said today.

A bodyguard testified today that he saw a doctor charged over Michael Jackson’s death grab a handful of vials and put them in a bag during frantic efforts to revive the King of Pop.

Two of Michael Jackson’s children watched as the doctor charged over the singer’s death tried frantically to revive him in the bedroom of his rented mansion, a bodyguard said.

Michael Jackson was already dead when his physician summoned help, a prosecutor said today.

AS Michael Jackson lay dying in his bedroom in a rented mansion, his doctor stopped CPR on him and delayed calling paramedics so he could collect drug vials at the scene, according to an employee of the pop star who called 911.

Michael Jackson’s doctor halted CPR on the dying pop star and delayed calling paramedics so he could collect drug vials at the scene, according to documents that shed new light on the singer’s chaotic final moments.

Michael Jackson's doctor pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the death of the pop star at a brief hearing that had all the trappings of another sensational celebrity courtroom drama.

Michael Jackson’s doctor was today charged with involuntary manslaughter in the pop singer’s death.

Michael Jackson’s doctor plans to surrender to authorities at a courthouse this afternoon, his lawyer said.

MICHAEL JACKSON’S doctor wanted to seek his day in court yesterday by surrendering before being charged in the singer’s death, but prosecutors upstaged the plan by announcing that no case would be filed until Monday.

Michael Jackson’s doctor will surrender to authorities today whether he is charged or not, his legal team said.

WITH a criminal charge looming, Michael Jackson’s doctor is negotiating his surrender to Los Angeles authorities, his attorney said yesterday.

The attorney for Michael Jackson’s doctor said he is negotiating his client’s surrender to Los Angeles County authorities.

Lawyers for Michael Jackson’s doctor met to discuss his defence strategy if he is charged over the death of the pop star.

The family of Michael Jackson said it looked forward to justice being served following a ruling of homicide in the singer's death.

Michael Jackson’s death has been ruled as a homicide, a law enforcement official said, in a move that could open the door to criminal charges.

US government investigators raided the offices of Michael Jackson's doctor in search of evidence of manslaughter, the medic's lawyer said.

Federal investigators today searched the offices of Michael Jackson’s doctor for medical records as part of their probe into the singer’s death.

MICHAEL JACKSON’S doctor, Conrad Murray, has met with police in Los Angeles and “is in no way a suspect”, his spokeswoman has claimed.