LEGENDARY pop music producer Phil Spector's trial for the murder of a B-movie star has been delayed again until March next year, court officials said today.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Larry Fidler agreed to a request from Spector's defence team to delay the case again in order to give them additional time to complete scientific and forensic tests.The case was rescheduled from January 16 to March 5.
Eccentric recording guru Spector, 65, is accused of gunning down blonde actress Lana Clarkson at his mansion in the Los Angeles district of Al Hambra in February 2003 but proceedings against him have repeatedly stalled.
He had been due to stand trial in April but the date was cancelled because of a scheduling conflict involving the judge designated to hear the case.
Spector has changed lawyers several times, and earlier replaced high-profile lawyer Robert Shapiro, part of the defence team that secured the 1995 acquittal of OJ Simpson.
Spector, who revolutionised pop music in the 1960s with his famous Wall of Sound recording technique, is accused of killing 40-year-old Clarkson after meeting her at a Hollywood blues club where she worked as a hostess.
Spector has pleaded not guilty to murder and has previously claimed that Clarkson killed herself in front of him.
Spector, the genius behind such groups as The Ronettes, and famed for his work with Elvis Presley, Gene Pitney, Ike and Tina Turner and the Beatles on their Let It Be album, remains free on $1 million bail.
He also worked with artists such as the Ramones, the Righteous Brothers and Bruce Springsteen.
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