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Jacko doctor's licence in jeopardy

Michael Jackson's doctor may lose his medical licence as a condition of bail, CNN reports, as he faces trial over the King of Pop's death.

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Dr Conrad Murray will learn his fate at a Los Angeles bail hearing on Monday, local time.

Dr Murray pled not guilty in February to involuntary manslaughter over the pop star's death.

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Restrictions imposed

At the time, a judge prohibited him from administering anaesthesia on patients, but refused the prosecution's request to suspend his medical licence all together.

The prosecution will push for the suspension again on Monday with the new judge in charge of the case.

One of Dr Murray's lawyers earlier stated that in order to have the suspension approved, the state must show 'changed circumstances' since the first bail conditions were set.

Dr Murray has resumed his practice in some American states since the King of Pop died in June last year.

A Los Angeles coroner ruled Jackson died as a result of 'acute propofol intoxication', shortly after the doctor admitted administering the powerful anaesthetic to the entertainer.


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