Michael Jackson’s doctor is to be charged with involuntary manslaughter, according to reports.
Dr Conrad Murray, whom Jackson hired as his personal physician ahead of his planned comeback performances in London, is in Los Angeles and prepared to turn himself in, according to his lawyer.
Murray and his lawyer, Edward Chernoff, have travelled to the city from Houston, Texas, where Murray practises.
“If they tell him to surrender in 10 minutes he’ll go surrender,” said Chernoff. “He’s never hidden, he’s always been available.”
If Murray is charged a judge will hear evidence from witnesses in a public hearing before deciding if he should go on trial.
Jackson’s death at age 50 on 25 June 2009 was deemed homicide by the Los Angeles county coronor the following August. The coroner found he was poisoned by an overdose of the anaesthetic propofol.
Read more at The Guardian.
