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Dr Conrad Murray, the medic accused of killing Michael Jackson, is expected to change his story with regards what happened in the stars final moments. There was a crucial ninety minutes between the dangerous drug propofol being given to the late king of pop and emergency services being called. Murray is said to have negligently administered the drug - has pleaded not guilty to charges of involuntary manslaughter. Previous story/latest story He previously told police that he administered the drug at 10.50am on 25 Jun. He said that he left the room where Jackson was sleeping to go to the toilet and that when he returned a few minutes later he found the pop star unconscious, and so attempted CPR to resuscitate him. Said efforts were unsuccessful. Prosecutors say that does not explain why emergency services weren't called until 12.20pm, nor why Murray is known to call another patient to discuss the results of a recent heart scan shortly before midday. It is thought that Murray will now admit that he simply forgot to check on Jackson immediately after administering the drug, and didn't discover he was unconscious until shortly before the emergency services were called. That means that Murray didn't make a routine phone call to another patient instead of calling an ambulance once he realised Jackson was in trouble. Legal commentators however, believe this means there is a stronger case for negligence against the doctor, because even if he was not negligent in administering the drug, he was in forgetting to check on his patient shortly after doing so. It may be argued that had he tried CPR on the pop star before 11am as he originally claimed he had, Jackson could have been saved. Confirming Murray would be changing his statement regarding the events that occurred during that key 90 minute window, but without giving any actual details of what the new statement would say, Murray's lawyer Michael Flanagan said yesterday: "Dr Murray's timeline of events that day when Michael Jackson died is wrong. Doctors make mistakes, and that is what he did, and it was simply just that, a mistake". Additional reporting by CMU Network
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