The coroner said Jackson died of "acute propofol intoxication," an overdose of a hospital-grade anesthetic aggravated by effects of the sedative lorazepam.

Dr Murray wiped tears from his eyes as Mr Chernoff said that the evidence will show that the singer swallowed eight, 2mg pills of Lorazepam and injected himself with a dose of propofol.

The results indicated that scopolamine alone or combined with diazepam could significantly reduce heart rate, anesthetic dose and shorten operation time.