Michael Jackson cleared of abuse

Singer Michael Jackson has been found not guilty of all charges at the end of his four-month child abuse trial. There were cheers from fans outside the court as the verdicts were read. The singer had strenuously denied molesting 13-year-old Gavin Arvizo.
He was also cleared of giving the boy, now 15, alcohol and conspiring to kidnap him and his family.
The star left the court in Santa Maria, California, without speaking to the many fans gathered at the entrance.But his lawyer Thomas Mesereau said: "Justice was served. Michael Jackson is innocent."
The court in Santa Maria said Mr Jackson held a tissue up to his face and showed "muted emotion" as the verdicts were read.
Judge Rodney Melville told the singer before he left: "Bail has been exonerated, you are released."
He also read a statement from the jury saying: "We the jury feel the weight of the world's eyes upon us."
They asked to be allowed to return to "our private lives as anonymously as we came", he added.In a later press conference, an unnamed male jury member said: "One of the first things we decided, [was] that we had to look at him as just like any other individual. Not just as a celebrity.
"And once we got that established, we were able to deal with it just as fairly as we could with anybody else."
Another juror said: "We expected some better evidence, something more convincing but it just wasn't there."
The verdicts on the 10 charges were reached after about 30 hours of deliberations over the last week.
there was "complete hysteria" outside court after the verdicts, with the star's music pumping out.
Hundreds of reporters and supporters gathered for the verdicts, with scores of fans bursting into tears as the decisions were relayed on loudspeakers.
Mr Jackson waved to fans as he left the Santa Maria courthouse surrounded by minders and family members.
He walked straight to his car with little emotion and without the expected statement to the waiting fans and media.
Mr Jackson was in court with family members including father Joe, mother Katherine and sisters LaToya and Janet.
Santa Barbara district attorney Tom Sneddon, who led the case against Jackson, said he would accept the decision. "We did the right thing for the right reasons," he said.
He was "not going to look back and apologise for what we've done", he told reporters. "We've done a very conscientious and thorough job."
Mr Jackson's former wife Debbie Rowe, who defended the star in court, said she was "overjoyed that the justice system really works".
Fan Tara Bardella, 19, who came from Arizona two weeks ago to wait for the verdicts, said: "This proves that justice can prevail in America."
Raffles Vanexel, 29, from Amsterdam, said: "I cried as a little baby, it was the most beautiful day of my life.
"America is celebrating, this is a party and Michael Jackson is going to comeback with something incredible."
Mr Jackson's trial began in February and the jury retired on 3 June. More than 100 witnesses took the stand, including Gavin Arvizo and his mother Janet.
The trial was sparked after British journalist Martin Bashir made a documentary in which Jackson admitted sharing his bed with children.
Gavin told the court the singer had put his hands down his trousers and fondled him at Neverland.
The star could have been jailed for more than 18 years if convicted on all charges.