 Dr Conrad Murray faces charges
6th Feb 2010
Los Angeles prosecutors will
file a criminal case against Michael Jackson's
doctor on Monday in connection with the singer's
death, officials say.
Dr Conrad Murray's legal team says it expects him to
be charged with involuntary manslaughter.
The announcement came shortly before the doctor had
planned to surrender himself at a Los Angeles
courthouse.
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Details of charges
will be officially released Monday, the LA district
attorney's office said.
Involuntary manslaughter occurs when a death is the
indirect result of negligence or recklessness.
Jackson died at his Los Angeles home on 25 June aged
50. His death was ruled as homicide, mainly caused
by the powerful anaesthetic Propofol.
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A cocktail of drugs - including
sedatives Midazolam and Diazepam, the painkiller
Lidocaine and the stimulant Ephedrine - were also
detected in his body a coroner confirmed.
Dr Murray told police he had been giving Jackson
Propofol as part of his treatment for insomnia,
according to an affidavit made public in August.
But he has always maintained he did not prescribe
nor administer anything that should have killed the
singer.
The legal wrangling comes after several days of
negotiations where his lawyers have tried to arrange
for Dr Murray to surrender to prosecutors, in an
attempt to avoid him being handcuffed and arrested.
"It seems ridiculous to us that it's been dragging
on this long", Dr Murray's defence team spokeswoman
Miranda Sevcik was quoted as saying by AP.
"To us this is showmanship and we are just done",
she added.
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