Michael Jackson's doctor 'to be arrested and charged with manslaughter'

Michael Jackson's doctor is to be charged with manslaughter, according to reports in the U.S..

Dr Conrad Murray will be arrested within a fortnight by Los Angeles detectives investigating the death of the 50-year-old pop icon.

A law enforcement source told Fox News the star's former dermatologist Dr Arnold Klein would also face criminal charges.

Dr Klein is reportedly facing medical malpractice charges in relation to supplying Jackson with prescription drugs.

According to Fox News, detectives had hoped to charge Dr Murray with a more serious crime and had been looking at a second degree murder charge.

But it is understood they will go for a lesser charge, because there was no 'smoking gun' evidence to implicate Dr Murray.

If found guilty of manslaughter, he could be sentenced to life behind bars.

The news of criminal charges comes shortly after 53-year-old Dr Murray posted a clip on the website YouTube in which he said the 'truth will prevail'.

The tearful doctor thanked his friends and family for standing by him, saying: 'Please don't worry. As long as I keep God in my heart and you in my life, I will be fine.

'I have done all I could do. I told the truth and I have faith the truth will prevail.

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Detectives believe Jackson deliberately injured himself to obtain painkillers, including Demerol, a strong painkiller that is believed to have been given to him shortly before he died.
Side-effects suffered by Jackson due to the cocktail of drugs he was taking included shaking fits, violent outbursts, hallucinations and "bouts of wailing during the night", it has been claimed.

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Dr Murray is now the focus of a manslaughter probe. An unnamed source "close to the police investigation" told the Daily Mirror: “LAPD detectives have interviewed some 30-35 witnesses so far, and it has come to light that Michael was prone to self-harming.
“He’d bang his head against the wall, hit his fists and arms against furniture, anything to cause a cut or bruise. He wanted to convince his doctors that he’d had an accident and was in a lot of pain – a legitimate reason to ask for painkillers.
“This came up as part of the investigation into Michael’s drug-taking. So far there’s no evidence to prove or disprove the claims.”
Jackson was reportedly spending a reported £30,000 a month on prescription drugs.

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