The News of the World has obtained the recording – which incredibly will be used by both the defence and prosecution to try and win their cases.
Dr Conrad Murray, who has pleaded not guilty to a charge of involuntary manslaughter, left an 18-second message for a patient on the morning of Michael’s death in June last year. In the recording Dr Murray sounds calm as he informs patient Bob Russell about a heart scan.
However, the call took place at 11:54am – the same time Los Angeles cops claim Murray was frantically carrying out CPR on Jackson in his bedroom after a deadly intake of drug Propofol.
But his lawyers will insist that this piece of evidence blows away police reports that the doctor admitted to starting CPR on the star around 10:52am.
A source close to the Murray team said: “It’s clear from the voicemail that Murray is not a man who sounds frantic, worried or in a stressful position.
“But if the police’s timeline is correct, then he would have been almost an hour into giving Jackson CPR.” Murray’s lawyer Ed Chernoff aims to discredit cops’ initial interviews with his client in a bid to convince a jury that they bungled the enquiry.
If he wins this row then Murray could discredit every interview by LAPD detectives.
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Source: NewsOfTheWorld
