Michael Jackson’s Grenada-born doctor faces licence suspensionw

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Monday, 05 April 2010 12:59

By CMC

The Grenada-born doctor facing an involuntary manslaughter charge over the death of music icon Michael Jackson could have his medical licence suspended when he appears in court on Monday.

Dr Conrad Murray, who grew up in Trinidad, faces trial in a Los Angeles court in the pop star's death on June 25 last year.

The California medical board said it will ask the judge to order that Murray not be allowed to practice medicine as a condition of his bail.

In February, the board was unsuccessful in persuading a judge to suspend Murray’s medical licence when he pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter.

The judge, however, prohibited him from using any anaesthesia on patients.

Murray admitted that he gave the pop star propofol, a powerful anaesthetic, to help him sleep.

The Los Angeles coroner said Jackson's death was a result of “acute propofol intoxication”.

Murray’s lawyer Ed Chernoff said the state must show “changed circumstances” since bail was first set.

While Murray does not currently have any California patients, he has resumed medical practices in Houston, Texas, and Las Vegas, Nevada.

“If his Honour restricts his California license, even temporarily, then, by application of Texas law, Dr. Murray's Texas license to practice medicine shall also be similarly revoked,” Chernoff told reporters.

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