Brazilian Adriano De Souza yesterday (16May07) told Spector's Los Angeles Superior Court murder trial that he was terrified his employer might shoot him.

De Souza's testimony came a day after he told the hearing how he was sitting outside Spector's Alhambra, California mansion when he heard a loud "pow" before Spector emerged from a side entrance, holding a gun and covered in blood. De Souza claimed Spector then said, "I think I killed somebody."

Yesterday, De Souza told the jury when he saw Clarkson's body slumped in a chair with her legs close to the floor, he asked Spector what happened and that he responded with a shrug.

De Souza said, "I didn't know what to do. I tried to escape from that place... I was afraid he could shoot me."

The driver said he started to run, before jumping in the car and driving outside the home's gate, where he dialled Spector's secretary - to get the property's exact address - and then 911.

The jury, who earlier saw photographs of Clarkson's body at the scene of the crime, was then played a tape of De Souza telling an emergency operator, "I think my boss killed somebody."

When asked by the operator why he thought that, De Souza added, "Because he has a lady on the floor and he has a gun in his hand."

Spector has pleaded not guilty to shooting Clarkson dead at his home on 3 February 2003 and claims she committed suicide.

The trial continues.

Source: WENN