Prosecutors in the trial of Phil Spector have begun painting the music producer as a violent misogynist with a "rich history of violence against women".
Spector is accused of murdering 40-year-old actress Lana Clarkson at his Californian faux-castle in 2003. Prosecutor Alan Jackson told the Los Angeles Superior Court, "The evidence is going to paint a very, very clear picture of a man, Phil Spector, who turns sinister, turns deadly in certain circumstances. It is going to paint a picture of a man who put a loaded pistol inside Lana Clarkson's mouth and shot her to death."A key witness in the trial is chauffeur Adriano De Souza, who placed an emergency call after the shooting. The prosecution claimed that the 67-year-old producer, pistol in bloodied hand, confessed to his driver "I think I killed somebody".
The trial is expected to last several months.
