Spector to face claims of repeated violence

AN ACTRESS shot dead at Phil Spector’s mansion was the last of several women victimised by the legendary music producer in a decades-long series of alcohol-fuelled confrontations, a prosecutor told jurors yesterday as the murder trial began.

Prosecutor Alan Jackson’s opening statement made it clear the case against Spector will rely heavily on the testimony of other women dating back to the 1970s.

Mr Jackson outlined what he called a pattern of behaviour in which Spector would become exceedingly drunk, take a woman to one of his homes, refuse to let her leave and then threaten her with a gun when she refused to stay.