Michael Jackson's doctor Murray in preliminary hearing

A preliminary hearing has opened in Los Angeles to determine whether the doctor who treated the pop star Michael Jackson in his final days should stand trial for manslaughter.

The prosecution claim Doctor Conrad Murray's negligence while treating the singer for insomnia was the cause of the singer's death.

Conrad Murray's lawyers say he did not give Michael Jackson anything that would have killed him.

The BBC's Rajesh Mirchandani reports.

Court Sketches courtesy of Mona Edwards.