Phil Spector trial: Day 5

The trial of famed music producer Phil Spector continued today (May 10) with the testimony of two more women who claim the producer threatened them with guns.

Melissa Grosvenor said Spector attempted to stop her leaving his Californian home in 1992 and she was in “no doubt” he would have killed her if she had gone.

She said: “He walked right up to me and put the gun right up to my face and said: ‘If you try to leave, I’m going to kill you'.”

Stephanie Jennings, a rock photographer, also testified. She said Spector had held her hostage with a gun in a hotel room in 1995.

She told the court he slapped or pushed her before pulling out a gun. When asked how she had felt at the time she said: “That I was about to get shot.”

The testimony follows earlier ones, including Spector’s ex-girlfriend Dorothy Melvin, who said he had threatened her with a gun when she tried to leave his home.

Meanwhile, Dianne Ogden said Spector threatened her with a rifle and pistol and tried to rape her.

Spector is on trial for the murder of actress Lana Clarkson in 2003. She died of a gunshot wound to the head, reports BBC News.