Jackson doctor 'negotiating surrender'

The lawyer for Michael Jackson’s doctor said he is negotiating his client’s surrender to Los Angeles County authorities.

The lawyer for Michael Jackson’s doctor said he is negotiating his client’s surrender to Los Angeles County authorities.

A statement from Ed Chernoff said he is holding talks with the district attorney's office for the surrender of Dr Conrad Murray.

Police have told reporters that prosecutors plan to charge Dr Murray with involuntary manslaughter for giving Jackson a powerful anaesthetic that led to his overdose death in June.

Dr Murray has not been charged yet, but another official said Dr Murray is scheduled to be arraigned tomorrow. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because of the case's sensitivity.

Dr Murray maintains that nothing he gave Jackson should have killed him.

Jackson (50) hired Dr Murray to be his personal physician as he prepared for a strenuous series of comeback performances in London.

His shock death on June 25th in Los Angeles came after Dr Murray, tending to Jackson in the star's rented mansion, administered the powerful anaesthetic propofol and two other sedatives to get the chronic insomniac to sleep, according to the Los Angeles County coroner's office, which ruled the death a homicide.

Propofol is only supposed to be administered by an anaesthesia professional in a medical setting. The patient requires constant monitoring because the drug depresses breathing and heart rate while also lowering blood pressure, a potentially deadly combination.