New York millionaire Robert Durst guilty of best friend’s murder

Robert Durst spins in place in his wheelchair as he looks at people in court during his trial in Inglewood, California (Al Seib/Los Angeles Times/AP/Pool)

A Los Angeles jury on Friday convicted millionaire Robert Durst of murdering his best friend 20 years ago in a case that seized the attention of the public and provided years of fodder for New York’s tabloids.

The New York real estate heir, who faces a mandatory life term without parole when sentenced on October 18, was convicted of the first-degree murder of Susan Berman.