OJ trial to hear recording evidence
The jury trying OJ Simpson over kidnapping and armed robbery charges is due to hear details about an audio recording of the incident.
Ken Marr, an audio examiner with the FBI, will give evidence about a recording of Simpson storming into a Las Vegas hotel room with a group of men, two of whom were armed, and stealing between 700 and 800 items related to his sporting career on September 13 last year.
The former American football star again faces life in prison if convicted of kidnapping, armed robbery and assault with a deadly weapon in the trial at the Clark County District Court in downtown Las Vegas, 13 years after he was cleared of murder in the “trial of the century” in Los Angeles.
Simpson, 61, and the other men, were recorded on a digital device hidden inside the Palace Station hotel room by Tom Riccio, the man who set up the deal between Simpson and two memorabilia dealers.
On Tuesday, judge Jackie Glass showed signs of becoming frustrated with lawyers on all sides in the case, shouting above competing voices in the court room to tell them to “stop, stop, stop”.
The judge’s reprimands continued throughout the day, with judge Glass repeatedly whistling and telling the lawyers to stop talking, focus their questions and get to the point.
She also told Simpson’s lawyer Yale Galanter to sit down on several occasions after he objected to the prosecutor’s questions, telling him: “We cannot do it this way, sit down.”
Simpson, wearing a blue suit and tie, sat next to his defence team at the back of the court, occasionally talking to his lawyers.
The former NFL star and actor waved and smiled to a handful of onlookers outside the courthouse as he left court for the day, stopping to chat with fans and sign at least two autographs.
Simpson has said he went to the hotel room to recover items which had been stolen from him, not to steal goods which did not belong to him.
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