Jury Hung in Spector Murder Trial; Conviction Reached in Breakup of Beatles

 LOS ANGELES (Disassociated Press) September 27, 2007 – Los Angeles Superior Court Justice Larry Paul Fidler declared a mistrial in the much ballyhooed trial of music icon Phil Spector for the February 3, 2003 murder of Lana Clarkson, after the jury returned from its final deliberations inalterably divided.  While arrangements are currently being made by the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office for a retrial, Fidler, in an unusual judicial move, added an element of drama to the denouement of first trial.           

            “The court finds the defendant partially culpable and responsible for the 1970 breakup of the Beatles,” stated Fidler at the end of the proceedings.  At the time of the Beatles breakup, Beatle Paul McCartney cited Spector’s remixing of The Long and Winding Road as one of the reasons for his petition for the breakup.

             While Fidler’s findings are non-punitive and largely symbolic, Beatles fans around the world found solace and comfort in the finding.  “We’ve finally got a bit of vindication,” stated Simon Tweedldom of London.  “At last, there’s a measure of justice in all this.”

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