Michael Jackson’s personal physician Dr Conrad Murray has been placed on suicide watch at the Los Angeles County Jail. Hours after he was convicted of involuntary manslaughter over the death of the King of Pop in June, 2009, Murray was handcuffed and remanded without bail after a judge branded him a ‘danger to society’. A law enforcement source told the Los Angeles Times he was placed on suicide watch once in custody.
The 58-year-old cardiologist will be sentenced on November 29, and could be sent to prison for up to four years. Members of the Jackson family wept quietly after the guilty verdict was read at Los Angeles Superior Court on November 7. But outside the courtroom, cries of joy erupted among the hundreds of fans who had gathered, singing lyrics to ‘Beat It’. There, they greeted Jacksons parents and siblings, who said justice had finally been served.
