As reported on Friday, Spector's legal people last week revealed aspects of the coroner's report into Clarkson's death, all of which seemed to support Spector's claims that she had committed suicide. What they failed to reveal was that, while the coroner did admit that certain facts might suggest suicide, he actually concluded that Spector had held the gun and it was therefore homicide.

Speaking for the District Attorney who is prosecuting Spector, Sandi Gibbons disputed the defence's interpretation that the coroner's report suggests suicide. On the fact that Clarkson's hands were covered in gunshot residue suggesting she had held the gun, Gibbons said: "Any time a gun is fired there is a cloud of residue that emits from that weapon that covers a three-foot radius. She could have had her hands on her lap when the gunshot went off and residue would have been on her hands. There was residue on Spector's hands. He also had blood on his hands."

Spector's people claim he came into contact with Clarkson's blood after the incident, when police officers shot him with a taser gun forcing him to fall on the blood coated floor. However Gibbons responded: "If that was the case, it would not explain her blood on his jacket, which was upstairs, which he was not wearing when he was tasered. There was her blood on a door handle from when Spector went to call the limo driver. There's blood on the banister leading upstairs. There's a bloody rag upstairs. We believe he took the gun upstairs, wiped it off, and then took it back and placed it on her left side. And she's right-handed."

The coroner's actual conclusion that Clarkson's death was homicide seems to be based on evidence that Spector had possession of the gun when it was discharged, plus the lack of any signs of Clarkson being suicidal prior to the incident.

Speaking after the hearing on Friday - despite requests by his own legal team that he remain silent on the matter - Spector accused the coroner of being biased in his analysis of the evidence. Asked by reporters if the coroner should be considered objective in the case, Spector said: "He's not. He works for the Sheriff".