Michael Jackson’s personal doctor Conrad Murray was found guilty on Monday of involuntary manslaughter in the pop star’s death and led from the courtroom in handcuffs, CNN reported.
Murray, showing no emotion as the verdict was read, faces up to four years in prison. Sentencing was set for November 29. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor ordered Murray held without bail until that date.
Jackson died at age 50 on June 25, 2009, at a Los Angeles hospital after suffering a cardiac arrest and going into a coma. The death was caused by "acute propofol intoxication" in combination with sedatives.
Murray, 58, gave his patient the surgical anesthetic propofol to treat the celebrity’s insomnia almost each night of the last two months of his life, according to testimony.
Prosecutors had said the prescription of propofol to Jackson by Murray was criminally negligent. The physician had pleaded not guilty saying the singer delivered the fatal dose of the drug to himself.
The verdict followed some nine hours of jury deliberations, which began on Friday morning in the downtown Los Angeles County courthouse.
Fans outside of the courthouse started celebrating once they learned of the guilty verdict.
