MUSIC legend Phil Spector has been assigned to a “sensitive needs facility” in California’s largest state prison to serve his sentence for murdering an actress.

A prison mug shot of legendary music producer Phil Spector shows the man beneath the wigs.

The jury in Phil Spector’s second murder trial will visit the famed music producer’s home where actress Lana Clarkson died, but the judge set strict rules on the presence of Spector’s wife and the operation of an outdoor fountain.

A WITNESS at Phil Spector’s murder retrial will be allowed to testify that the record producer used incendiary language about women and once stated they should be shot, a judge has ruled.

THE Great Wall of China, Rome’s Colosseum, India’s Taj Mahal and three architectural marvels from Latin America were among the new seven wonders of the world chosen in a global poll.

Phil Spector’s murder trial is headed toward closing arguments next week with his former defence lawyer gone and a newly appointed man on the music producer’s legal team.

The Great Wall of China, the Colosseum in Rome and Peru’s Machu Picchu are leading contenders to be among the new seven wonders of the world, as a massive poll draws to a close.

FIVE weeks into the Phil Spector murder trial, it is time for the prosecution to change course, moving the courtroom drama from personal stories into the critical phase of forensic evidence.

Five weeks into the Phil Spector murder trial, it is time for the prosecution to change course, moving the courtroom drama from personal stories into the critical phase of forensic evidence.

Police who found actress Lana Clarkson dead in Phil Spector's mansion "had murder on their mind" and disregarded anything that was inconsistent with that conclusion, a defence lawyer told the jury today in his opening statement of the music producer's trial.

PHIL SPECTOR’S murder trial lawyers will portray gunshot victim Lana Clarkson as despondent over her finances and acting career and possibly contemplating suicide just before she met the American record producer, new documents have shown.

Prospective jurors for record producer Phil Spector’s murder trial were told that they would remain anonymous to the public for their own privacy and they should not think they were in any danger.

Prospective jurors for record producer Phil Spector's murder trial were told today that they would remain anonymous to the public for their own privacy and they should not think they were in any danger.

Four years after an actress was shot dead in the foyer of his castle-like home, jury selection begins today in the case of US music producer Phil Spector.

THERE’S a touch of the Ottoman Empire or the eastern exotic about the front of this Glasheen Road, suburban Cork house, thanks to something as simple as the ground floor window and door treatment.

A man dubbed the “dreadlocks bandit” because of his hairstyle was jailed for 1,210 years in California and given 22 consecutive life terms for a string of bank robberies he committed after being released from prison for an earlier hold-up spree.

Phil Spector went home appearing shaken after his lawyers failed to persuade a judge to limit evidence in his forthcoming murder trial, including statements that the legendary music producer made without being advised of his right to remain silent.

A JUDGE has ruled that prosecutors in the murder trial of Phil Spector can present evidence involving four incidents in which the music producer allegedly pulled guns on women.

Record producer Phil Spector was today charged with murder over the shooting of a B-movie actress at his mansion last year.

An actress shot dead at music producer Phil Spector’s Los Angeles home may have pulled the trigger herself, according to a coroner’s report.

The defence team for music legend Phil Spector, facing trial for murder, is refusing to reveal a mystery piece of evidence, a prosecutor said last night.

POLICE responding to an emergency call at the home of legendary record producer Phil Spector in February found a blood-spattered gun, broken teeth and the body of an actress who had been shot in the mouth, according to court records.

Police responding to an emergency call at the home of legendary record producer Phil Spector in February found a blood-spattered gun, broken teeth and the body of an actress who had been shot in the mouth, according to court records.

Police investigating the shooting to death of an actress at record producer Phil Spector’s California mansion today said they expect the case to be delayed.

A woman found dead at the home of Phil Spector has been identified.