p2pnet news view Crime | Music:- Legendary corporate music industry producer Phil Spector (right) once forced Dee Dee Ramone to play bass at gunpoint, said Times Online.

He fired a gun in the studio while he was recording John Lennon’s album Rock ‘n’ Roll,

And he once showed his wife a gold, glass-topped coffin and, “told her that she’d die there if she ever left him for a member of the Rolling Stones,” said the story.

Now Spector, 68, found guilty of second-degree murder of B movie actress Lana Clarkson, faces at least 18 years in jail, says the New York Times:

“The jury, ending a five-month trial, reached its decision after 27 hours of deliberating whether he shot the woman in a fit of anger or, as his lawyers argued, merely witnessed her suicide.”

Spector already been tried once, the first ending in a hung jury in 2007 with 10 out of 12 calling for a conviction.

He’s been on bail for most of the last six years, but was immediately taken into custody after the verdict, says the story

“The teenage genius who rose to become, for a short and incandescent moment, the most successful producer in rock and roll, but who was overtaken by hubris and his own demons, and whose recklessness and increasing detachment from reality would lead him eventually to a Los Angeles courtroom and a conviction for murder,” says The Telegraph, going on:

“It has taken six years finally to bring to a conclusion the saga that began on the night of Feb 2, 2003, when Spector walked into a Hollywood night club, the House of Blues, and invited the VIP hostess, 40-year-old Lana Clarkson back to his mansion in the nondescript Los Angeles suburb of Alhambra for a drink.”

Less than three hours later, “Clarkson died from a single gunshot to the mouth,” it adds.

The Los Angeles Times has district attorney’s office spokeswoman Sandi Gibbons  saying as far as she knows, this is the first time a celebrity has been convicted of murder in the last 40 years .

“Spector’s attorney immediately said he would appeal,” says the story, adding:

“The lawyer asked that Spector remain free on $1-million bail until the sentence was imposed, but a prosecutor protested, citing Spector’s history of menacing people with guns and his incentive to flee the jurisdiction.

“During the trial and a 2007 proceeding that ended in a hung jury, Judge Larry Paul Fidler heard extensive testimony from women who said Spector terrorized them at gunpoint, and he ordered that Spector be taken into custody immediately. ”

Spector was also found guilty of illegally discharging a firearm.

Times Online – Spector prepares to face the music as murder trial begins, March 19, 2007
New York Times – Phil Spector Found Guilty of Killing Actress,  April 13, 2009
The Telegraph – Phil Spector overtaken by his own demons,  April 14, 2009
Los Angeles Times -  Phil Spector convicted of second-degree murder,  April 14, 2009

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