Lead detective in Alec Baldwin case to testify, convicted armourer may be called

Alec Baldwin attends his involuntary manslaughter trial (Ramsay de Give/AP)

The lead detective in the shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the film Rust is likely to be on the stand for most of Friday at Alec Baldwin’s involuntary manslaughter trial in New Mexico.

It comes as prosecutors try to cast the movie star as a reckless cavalier with a gun in his hand and the defence seeks to portray him as a working actor just doing his job.