DUBLIN-BORN actor Lorcan Cranitch still gets recognised on the street for his role in Cracker — he played troubled DS Jimmy Beck in the British crime drama.

The accuser in Michael Jackson’s child molestation trial returned to the courtroom on videotape today as prosecutors showed jurors a 2003 interview in which the boy first told authorities of his allegations against the singer.

Michael Jackson's ex-wife told police the pop star was a "sociopath" who treated his children as possessions, his child molestation trial heard today.

The teenager at the centre of abuse allegations against Michael Jackson said Jackson molested him five to seven times but could onlydescribe two of the incidents in detail, the lead investigator in the case testified yesterday.

The teenager who is accusing Michael Jackson of molesting him has said the singer molested him five to seven times but could only describe two of the incidents in detail, the lead investigator in the case testified today