MICHAEL JACKSON'S jurors sent the judge a question yesterday as they returned to deliberations in the star's child molestation case after a weekend that saw him make another trip to the hospital.

The family accusing Michael Jackson of child molestation and other crimes is trying to pull “the biggest con of their careers,” the pop star’s lead lawyer told jurors today in the second day of closing arguments in the trial.

The property manager at Michael Jackson’s Neverland ranch testified today that he was never ordered to hold captive the family of the boy who is accusing the pop star of child molestation.

The court house in the small Californian town of Santa Maria today had the look of a fortress ready for a siege, with chain link fences and metal barricades to hold back an expected invasion of Michael Jackson fans.

Pop oddball Michael Jackson donned a Spiderman mask as he complained to his local Congressman about the lack of fast-food restaurants near his Neverland ranch.