Conrad Murray ‘misled’ medics treating Jackson

Conrad Murray, the doctor accused of administering a fatal dose of anaesthetic to Michael Jackson, did not tell paramedics at the scene that he had given the singer the drug Propofol, according to official ambulance reports.

The documents were obtained by the News of the World, which says that they could be crucial in the prosecution case against Murray, who has been charged with the involuntary manslaughter of Jackson.

According to the paper the documents could even pave the way for the Jackson family to launch a wrongful death lawsuit against Murray, who is on bail and still practising in Texas.

The King of Pop was killed by an overdose of the drug Propofol in June last year, but the papers appear to show that when paramedics arrived at the scene Murray did not tell them he had given the singer the anaesthetic. Instead he said he had only administered the sedative Lorazepam and fluids to rehydrate Jackson.

The Controlled Meds section of the Emergency Medical Service Report was blank, indicating the paramedics were given no information about the cocktail of drugs that Jackson had in his system.

The News of the World also claims that by the time the ambulance arrived at Jackson's home in the Hollywood Hills he had already flat-lined and was declared dead after two rounds of heart revival drugs failed.

But Murray insisted that Jackson be taken to hospital and tried to revive him with a third dose of drugs.

The papers reveal how medics battled to save Jackson. Murray was administering CPR when they arrived but the singer was not responding. The medical report says he had no oxygen in his blood, no blood pressure, pulse or breath and his pupils were dilated.

There was still some electrical activity in his heart muscle, but when they tried to get it to start once again with a dose of powerful drugs there was little response. Usually there are only two attempts to get the heart beating again, but Murray insisted the medics try a third time.

Medics also inserted a tube into Jackson's lungs to try and help him start breathing again but that too failed.

The News of the World reports that a family friend of the Jacksons said: "This is the clearest suggestion yet that Murray misled the paramedics. Why didn't he tell them about the Propofol? We are sick at what this report indicates."

Murray pleaded not guilty to a charge of involuntary manslaughter in Los Angeles last month. He is due back in court on April 6, 2010, when a date for a pre-trial hearing will be set. ·