Global take on Spector

The world is watching the Spector trial. Or at least the world's media. Here are some samples from articles about the opening statements:

"Looking for all the world like a small boy who has set off a firework that has burned down a house, Phil Spector sat in a Los Angeles courtroom yesterday listening to a prosecutor outline the bare bones of a case that could consign him to life - and friends say almost certain death - in prison." --Mick Brown and Catherine Elsworth in the Telegraph

"In spite of the graphic subject matter, there were a few moments of levity in Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Larry Fidler's courtroom Wednesday morning. Recalling the initial meeting between Clarkson and Spector, Jackson said the tall actress mistook the petite producer, who was wearing a shoulder-length wig, for a woman, referring to him as "Mrs. Spector." --Harriett Ryan on Court TV.

Spector, 67, wearing a blond page boy wig, beige suit and purple open-necked shirt, stared straight ahead as the Los Angeles deputy district attorney addressed the jury. -David Gardner in Daily Mail.