Doctor was inept and reckless, say prosecutors

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.

Defence solicitors countered that Jackson caused his own death by taking the drug propofol after his doctor left the room in a desperate attempt to overcome his chronic inability to sleep.

Nothing Dr Conrad Murray could have done would have saved the King of Pop, defence solicitor Ed Chernoff told the panel, because Jackson was desperate to regain his fame and needed rest to prepare for a series of crucial comeback concerts.